insuficiência — meaning in English
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English meaning
- failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
- insufficiency noun The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
- shortage noun A situation where there is not enough of something needed.
- shortfall noun An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
Senses
insuficiência is used for these senses in English:
- failure (pathology) A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
- insufficiency The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
- shortage A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
- shortfall An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.
failure — full definition
- noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
- noun Not doing something that should have been done.
- noun The point at which an organ or system stops working properly.
- noun Someone or something considered unsuccessful.