insufficiency :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

n. a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

inadequacy, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

imperfection, imperfectness

n. the state or an instance of being imperfect

vice, frailty

n. moral weakness

awkwardness, ineptness, clumsiness, slowness, ineptitude, maladroitness

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

inefficiency

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

deterioration, worsening, decline in quality

n. process of changing to an inferior state

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

weakness

n. the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"

abundance, copiousness

n. the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

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