insufficiencies

noun

plural of insufficiency
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. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 May 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 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 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
  1. shortages
  2. lacks
  3. deficiencies
  4. inadequacies
Noun
  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s defense industry remains fragmented and constrained by supply chains, bureaucracy, labor shortages and years of underinvestment.
    — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026
  • Citing Cuban government figures, the United Nations reported that around 100,000 patients are waiting for surgeries on the island due to the electricity cuts and shortages of medical supplies and drugs.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
Definition of shortages
Noun
  • In terms of athletic forwards with size, this is a body type that the Spurs’ roster lacks in numbers.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Nothing beats a big package or a pipe to compensate for decorations, makeup, and other lacks.
    — Joyce Mansour, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of lacks
Noun
  • The Lakers spent the first days of free agency addressing their shooting deficiencies.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • It can be caused by pests, high temperatures, and mineral deficiencies or excess.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of deficiencies
Noun
  • The Canadian catastrophe highlighted the inadequacies of the current system of supply and the lack of American credit.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • Connecting the Orioles’ fielding inadequacies in the majors directly to their lack of attention to defense in the minors would be a stretch; Rutschman, Henderson and Cowser all came up through their system.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of inadequacies

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