Associations to the word «Insufficiency»

Wiktionary

INSUFFICIENCY, noun. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

Dictionary definition

INSUFFICIENCY, noun. A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents".
INSUFFICIENCY, noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
INSUFFICIENCY, noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn