Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Insufficiency

Insufficiency , noun

[Latin insufficientia: compare French insuffisance, whence Old English insuffisance. See Insufficient.]

1.
The quality or state of being insufficient; lack 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.
Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.