as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
dealt with the school's insufficiency of art supplies by buying materials out of her own pocket
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Recent Examples of insufficiencies
The statement, however, does note some insufficiencies occurred on the part of its board.
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026
That’s double the 2019 level when insufficiencies first soared due to Trump’s first-term tariffs under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Food insufficiencies dropped by 42%, and financial insufficiencies dropped by 43% in households with children.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
French officials and the Louvre Museum have come under international fire in the days and weeks after the heist for security insufficiencies that allowed thieves to steal priceless artifacts in broad daylight.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Where to Start To solve the insufficiencies found within conventional site assessment methodologies, POWER Engineers, Member of WSP, designed a transformative threat assessment tool called Meerkat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026
That’s double the 2019 level when insufficiencies first soared due to Trump’s first-term tariffs under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Food insufficiencies dropped by 42%, and financial insufficiencies dropped by 43% in households with children.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
French officials and the Louvre Museum have come under international fire in the days and weeks after the heist for security insufficiencies that allowed thieves to steal priceless artifacts in broad daylight.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Where to Start To solve the insufficiencies found within conventional site assessment methodologies, POWER Engineers, Member of WSP, designed a transformative threat assessment tool called Meerkat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiencies
Noun
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American officials also said Beijing would address rare earth shortages, although this was not mentioned in the corresponding statement from China.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Remember the pandemic-era chip shortages, which led to empty car lots, appliance backorders and factory shutdowns?—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Ford’s freedom or constraints, his prejudices or lacks, gauge his moment and ours.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Dipping into 2027 draft capital to make a fifth-round selection in a draft that Schneider has repeatedly said lacks depth is a surprising move.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Potassium or iron deficiencies may also contribute to browning, especially if the tree looks weak overall.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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Following last year’s Louvre heist, a new report released by a French parliamentary commission on May 13 sheds light on glaring security deficiencies within the country’s cultural institutions.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Skepticism about Shakespeare having actually written the plays attributed to him has persisted for more than a century, originated by lack of documentation and inadequacies in the historical record and perpetuated by cultural fascination.—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Insufficiencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficiencies. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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