- Types Of Speech
- You can use insufficiency as a noun in a sentence.
- About Insufficiency
- A 6 syllables noun and 13 letters with the letters c, e, f, i, n, s, u, and y, 8 consonants, 5 vowels and 6 syllables with the middle letter i. Insufficiency starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters i, in, ins, insu, insuf, and the ending characters are y, cy, ncy, ency, iency, . Insufficiency is also a double consonant (ff) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- School Grade
- Insufficiency is set as a sat word that starts with i, ends with y, 6 syllables, 5 vowels and 13 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Insufficiency in Pig Latin is said as "insufficiencyay or insufficiencyway".
- Unigram
- i | n | s | u | f | f | i | c | i | e | n | c | y
- Bigram
- in | ns | su | uf | ff | fi | ic | ci | ie | en | nc | cy
- Trigram
- ins | nsu | suf | uff | ffi | fic | ici | cie | ien | enc | ncy
- Quadrigram
- insu | nsuf | suff | uffi | ffic | fici | icie | cien | ienc | ency
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- lack of an adequate quantity or number;
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" - (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- a lack of competence;
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report";
"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
| Abnormality | behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality |
| Absence | failure to be present |
| Adulteration | the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another) |
| Airiness | lightness in movement or manner |
| Ape Man | |
| Apprehension | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" |
| Arrear | |
| Arrearage | |
| Arrears | an unpaid overdue debt |
View all cognitive synonyms for Insufficiency
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adequacy | the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" |
| Sufficiency | the quality of being sufficient for the end in view "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Insufficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" |
View English words with the unique letters used in insufficiency. Words With The Letters Cefinsuy
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amount | how much there is of something that you can quantify |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deficit | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required |
| Exiguity | the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
| Meagerness | the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
| Meagreness | the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
| Poorness | the quality of being poorly made or maintained; "she was unrecognizable because of the poorness of the photography" |
| Scantiness | the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
| Scantness | the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
| Scarceness | a small and inadequate amount |
| Scarcity | a small and inadequate amount |
| Shortage | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required |
View All Hyponyms For Insufficiency
Insufficiency Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With I
- Ends With Y
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