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insufficiency

/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnsi/noun

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अपर्याप्तता, कमी, न्यूनता

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noun
  1. 1

    [U, sing.] ~ (of sth) formal

    the state of not being enough for a particular purpose

    अपर्याप्तता, कमी, न्यूनता

    • an insufficiency of funds
    • The project failed because of an insufficiency of trained staff.

    Synonyms shortage lack deficiency inadequacy scarcity

    Opposite sufficiency adequacy abundance plenty

  2. 2

    [U] medical

    the failure of an organ of the body to work as well as it should

    (अंग की) अपर्याप्तता, कार्य-क्षमता में कमी

    • cardiac insufficiency
    • renal insufficiency

    Synonyms failure weakness

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insufficient adjectiveinsufficiently adverbsufficient adjective