Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insufficiency

/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.69 in modern English

Syllables: in-suf-fi-cien-cy
IPA: /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy"
"The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies."
"She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency."
"On a recent trip down the Rhine many of the trains we saw were still steam-hauled, presumably through an insufficiency of electric locomotives, as yet, to deal with peak summer traffic."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sufficiency English insufficiency From in- + sufficiency.

Inflected Forms

insufficiencies (plural)

Derived Forms

diploinsufficiency haploinsufficiency immunoinsufficiency

Phrases

chronic adrenal insufficiency pancreatic insufficiency primary adrenal insufficiency thoracic insufficiency syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

insufficient

Synonyms

lack unsufficiency deficiency[Appendix:Glossary inadequacy deficiency

Rhymes With

self-sufficiency

Questions

How do you pronounce insufficiency?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/.
What does insufficiency mean?: The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Where does insufficiency come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sufficiency English insufficiency From in- + sufficiency.

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