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   In·suf·fi·cien·cy

   /ˌinsəˈfiSHənsē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the condition of being insufficient: "insufficiency of adequate housing"
   • ▪ the inability of an organ to perform its normal function: "renal insufficiency"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘incompetence, inability’): from late Latin insufficientia, from in- ‘not’ + Latin sufficere ‘be sufficient’.

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