Insufficiency

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1. Noun

The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

2. Noun

Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.

3. Noun

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
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