English-Thai Dictionary

insufficiency

N ความขาดแคลน  ความ ไม่ เพียงพอ  deficiency inadequacy adequacy sufficiency kwam-kad-klaen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSUFFICIENCY

n.[in and sufficiency. ] 1. Inadequateness; want of sufficiency; deficiency; as an insufficiency of provisions to supply the garrison.
2. Inadequacy of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as the insufficiency of a man for an office.
3. Want of the requisite strength, value or force; defect.
The insufficiency of the light of nature is supplied by the light of Scripture.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSUFFICIENCY

In `suf *fi "cien *cy, n. Etym: [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, ... fully supplied. Hooker.

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

insufficiency

in suf fi cien cy |ˌinsəˈfiSHənsē ˈˌɪnsəˈˌfɪʃənsi | ▶noun ( pl. insufficiencies ) the condition of being insufficient: insufficiency of adequate housing | there have been demands to redress such insufficiencies. • Medicine the inability of an organ to perform its normal function: renal insufficiency. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘incompetence, inability ’): from late Latin insufficientia, from in- ‘not ’ + Latin sufficere ‘be sufficient. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

insufficiency

in |suf ¦fi |ciency |ɪnsəˈfɪʃ (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. insufficiencies ) [ mass noun ] the condition of being insufficient: insufficiency of adequate housing | [ count noun ] : there have been demands to redress such insufficiencies. • Medicine the inability of an organ to perform its normal function: renal insufficiency. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘incompetence, inability ’): from late Latin insufficientia, from in- ‘not ’ + Latin sufficere ‘be sufficient ’.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

insufficiency

insufficiency noun there was an insufficiency of evidence: lack, inadequacy, shortage, want, dearth, deficit, shortfall; scarcity, scarceness, scantiness, paucity, absence, undersupply, sparseness, deprivation, meagreness, shortness; rare exiguity, exiguousness. ANTONYMS sufficiency.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

insufficiency

in suf fi cien cy /ɪ̀nsəfɪ́ʃ (ə )nsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 U 〖時にan ～〗不足, 不十分, 不適当 ; (器官などの )機能不全 .2 C 〖しばしば -cies 〗不足 [不十分 ]な点 .