資料來源 : pyDict

不充分,不足,不適當

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Insufficiency \In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F.
   insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.]
   1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of
      sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the
      insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

            The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the
            light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.

   2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity;
      incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an
      office.

資料來源 : WordNet®

insufficiency
     n 1: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
          report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy
          in the parents" [syn: {inadequacy}]
     2: (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function
        normally
     3: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
        unemployment benefits" [syn: {inadequacy}, {deficiency}]
        [ant: {sufficiency}, {sufficiency}]