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Insufficiency is an English word with synonyms like inadequacy or failing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Insufficiency in a sentence

Insufficiency meaning

The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

Synonyms of Insufficiency

inadequacy failing weakness inability unfitness deficiency amount adequacy sufficiency

Related words

Other words often associated with Insufficiency or its synonyms:

quality imperfection ability come failure softness property quantity measure need noesis enough

Using Insufficiency

  • The main meaning on this page is: The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
  • Useful related words include: inadequacy, failing, weakness, inability.
  • In the example corpus, insufficiency often appears in combinations such as: adrenal insufficiency, insufficiency of, the insufficiency.

Context around Insufficiency

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

adrenal 8× human 1× venous 1× cardiac 1× food 1× factual 1× vertebrobasilar 1× blameless 1×

Often after:

adrenal 1× treatment 1× include 1×

Sentence patterns with Insufficiency

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

absence or insufficiency of love 1× adrenal insufficiency adrenal insufficiency 1× adrenal insufficiency in ald 1× adrenal insufficiency treatment of 1× almost blameless insufficiency of legislative 1× and the insufficiency of direction 1× called vertebrobasilar insufficiency include dizziness 1× chronic venous insufficiency 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a medical report 1× a woman may 1× adrenal insufficiency adrenal 1× adrenal insufficiency in 1× adrenal insufficiency treatment 1× all patients with 1×

Common sentence endings:

allocated to schools 1× and slurred speech 1× be easily measured 1× be successfully treated 1× brains to bowels 1× chronic venous insufficiency 1×

Words around Insufficiency

Just before it in the word index:

insufficiencies 2 insufferable 65 insubstantial 20 insubordination 45 insubordinate 12 instytut 2

Just after it in the word index:

insufficient 922 insufficiently 82 insufflated 3 insufflating 3 insufflation 4 insula 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdur 43 abrasion 43 abscess 43 absconded 43 acclimated 43 acf 43

Corpus analysis for Insufficiency

  • In this selection, "insufficiency" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, adrenal, human, venous, adrenal, treatment and include stand out and add context to how "insufficiency" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include absence or insufficiency of love and adrenal insufficiency adrenal insufficiency. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "insufficiency" sits close to words such as abdur, abrasion and abscess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with insufficiency

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Adrenal insufficiency in ALD patients can be successfully treated. (9 words)

All patients with clinically recognized ALD phenotypes are at risk for adrenal insufficiency. (13 words)

JTA President Leighton Johnson has once again emphasized the insufficiency of funding allocated to schools. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Dante describes acedia as the failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul; to him it was the middle sin, the only one characterised by an absence or insufficiency of love. (41 words)

Bad roads resembling an empty field leading to the Phrygian Valley in Eskişehir and the insufficiency of direction signs, which are already broken, are the major downsides of the region, repelling visitors from coming to the region. (37 words)

In a study by Mithal et al., citation Vitamin D insufficiency of various countries was measured by lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D. 25(OH)D is an indicator of vitamin D insufficiency that can be easily measured. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Adrenal insufficiency Adrenal insufficiency (the deficiency of glucocorticoids ) occurs in about 5 in 10,000 in the general population.

Adrenal insufficiency Treatment of the adrenal insufficiency that can accompany any of the common male phenotypes of ALD does not resolve any of the neurological symptoms.

In a study by Mithal et al., citation Vitamin D insufficiency of various countries was measured by lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D. 25(OH)D is an indicator of vitamin D insufficiency that can be easily measured.

In those 12 subterranean operating rooms I helped repair every human insufficiency and imperfection from brains to bowels.

It offers Flexitouch Plus system, a pneumatic compression device for the treatment of lymphedema; Entre System, a portable pneumatic compression device for the at-home treatment of venous disorders, such as lymphedema and chronic venous insufficiency.

Katita said the donation will answer some of the challenges most Balaka Health Facilities were facing due to insufficiency of the personal protective equipment thereby improving service delivery.

A medical report concluded that Maradona suffered from cardiac insufficiency and agonized for up to 12 hours.

JTA President Leighton Johnson has once again emphasized the insufficiency of funding allocated to schools.

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Our research shows that food insufficiency in these areas has been reduced by nearly a fifth.

She now has MRI’s every year and has been left with adrenal insufficiency, a condition where the adrenal glands don’t produce enough cortisol or aldosterone.

The original column has been edited to reflect backlash against the NYT’s manipulation of Abdush’s story and not their definitive factual insufficiency.

The two also give voice to their audiences’ frustrations with the insufficiency of our health care system to solve or address their most pressing problems.

Water security in Africa will increasingly rely on private finance, given the insufficiency of public funds and the private sector’s potential contribution to water business efficiency.

Bad roads resembling an empty field leading to the Phrygian Valley in Eskişehir and the insufficiency of direction signs, which are already broken, are the major downsides of the region, repelling visitors from coming to the region.

A woman may have reduced levels if her ovaries have been removed, for example, or if she has adrenal insufficiency, which means that the adrenal glands do not work correctly.

Symptoms of restricted blood flow to the back of the brain, also called vertebrobasilar insufficiency, include dizziness and slurred speech.

Adrenal insufficiency in ALD patients can be successfully treated.

All patients with clinically recognized ALD phenotypes are at risk for adrenal insufficiency.

Black opined that "What was intended to be an unprecedented humiliation for any American president, Nixon converted into a virtual parliamentary acknowledgement of almost blameless insufficiency of legislative support to continue.

Dante describes acedia as the failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul; to him it was the middle sin, the only one characterised by an absence or insufficiency of love.

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Common combinations with insufficiency

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "insufficiency" in a sentence?
An example: "Adrenal insufficiency Adrenal insufficiency (the deficiency of glucocorticoids ) occurs in about 5 in 10,000 in the general population." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "insufficiency" from authentic English texts.
What does "insufficiency" mean?
Insufficiency means: The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
What are synonyms of "insufficiency"?
Common synonyms of "insufficiency" include: inadequacy, failing, weakness, inability, unfitness, deficiency, amount, adequacy. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "insufficiency" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "insufficiency", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.