Word Meanings - INSUFFICIENCY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Additional info about word: INSUFFICIENCY

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INSUFFICIENCY)

• Lack
• Failure
• scarcity
• deficiency
• want
• need
• demand
• insufficiency
• Want
• Deficiency
• lack
• failure
• scantiness
• shortness
• omission
• neglect
• nonproduction
• absence

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INSUFFICIENCY)

• Consider
• respect
• notice
• observe
• regard
• esteem
• tend
• attend
• foster
• study

Related words: (words related to INSUFFICIENCY)

• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• ABSENCE
  1. A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence. Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. Phil. ii. 12. 2. Want; destitution; withdrawal. "In the absence of conventional law."
• CONSIDERINGLY
  With consideration or deliberation.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• ATTENDMENT
  An attendant circumstance. The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.
• CONSIDER
  consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to
• ATTEND
  L. attendre to stretch, , to apply the mind to; ad + 1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.
• REGARDLESS
  1. Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity. Regardless of the bliss wherein he sat. Milton. 2. Not regarded; slighted. Spectator. Syn. -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned;
• CONSIDERABLE
  1. Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to. It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson. 2.
• CONSIDERER
  One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker. Milton.
• CONSIDERATOR
  One who considers. Sir T. Browne.
• RESPECTABILITY
  The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
• CONSIDERATIVE
  Considerate; careful; thoughtful. I love to be considerative. B. Jonson.
• REGARD
  1. To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon. Your niece regards me with an eye of favor. Shak. 2. Hence, to look or front toward; to face. It is peninsula which regardeth the mainland. Sandys. That exceedingly beatiful seat,
• ATTENDANT
  Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir. Cowell. Attendant keys , the keys or scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the principal key; those, namely, of its fifth above, or dominant,
• RESPECTIVELY
  1. As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty. The impressions from the objects or the senses do mingle respectively every one with its kind. Bacon.
• OBSERVER
  1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• INDEFICIENCY
  The state or quality of not being deficient. Strype.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• UNCONSIDERED
  Not considered or attended to; not regarded; inconsiderable; trifling. A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. Shak.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• INCONSIDERATION
  Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• REDEMAND
  To demand back; to demand again.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.
• CHILD STUDY
  A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.
• BY-RESPECT
  Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.
• UNRESPECT
  Disrespect. "Unrespect of her toil." Bp. Hall.