insufficiency

nouns

a lack of competence

"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

insufficiency

domain category

the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

is a type of (narrower)

lacking the power to perform

lack of an adequate quantity or number

"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

is derived from

antonym