<noun.state> pointed out the insufficiencies in my report juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
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lack of an adequate quantity or number
<noun.attribute> the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Insufficiency \In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.] 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.
2. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
His death at the time was attributed to "acute pulmonory insufficiency." The prosecution based its case on 600 deaths, although medical researchers say the number of dead is closer to 700.