unsufficiency

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

un- +‎ sufficiency

Noun

unsufficiency (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of insufficiency.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 2, Section 8 (at Google Books):
      Whatsoever, to make up the doctrine of man's salvation, is added as in supply of the Scripture's unsufficiency, we reject it.
    • 1876, Edward Savard, Inspector of Schools, in Statement of the public accounts of the province of Quebec and annual report of the auditor of the province, p. 219 (at Google Books):
      The pupils are wanting in regularity of attendance and there is an unsufficiency of books.
    • 1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent, ch. 9:
      The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.

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