insufficiency (n)
inadequacy#1 (n)
deficiency (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 07
def lack of an adequate quantity or number
examples the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Outgoing links
Hypernym amount
Derivationally related form deficiency → deficient
Derivationally related form deficiency → deficient
Antonym inadequacy → adequacy
Derivationally related form insufficiency → insufficient
Antonym insufficiency → sufficiency
Hyponym meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity; deficit, shortage, shortfall; scarcity, scarceness; slenderness
Incoming links
Derivationally related form deficient → deficiency
Derivationally related form deficient → deficiency
Derivationally related form insufficient → insufficiency
Hyponym amount
Antonym adequacy → inadequacy
Antonym sufficiency → insufficiency
Hypernym meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity; deficit, shortage, shortfall; scarcity, scarceness; slenderness

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