Webster's English Dictionary

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insufficiency

in.suf.fi.cien.cy \-*n-se-\ n 1: the quality or state of being insufficient 
   : as  1a: lack of mental or moral fitness  1b: lack of adequate supply  1c: 
   lack of physical power or capacity; specif : inability of an or gan or body 
   part to function normally 2: something insufficient