What are the opposite words for sufficiency?
Sufficiency is a word that signifies having enough or being content with the present situation. Antonyms for sufficiency are words that indicate a lack or insufficiency of something. One such antonym is scarcity which pertains to a shortage or insufficient quantity of something. Another antonym is inadequacy which implies that something is not enough for a particular purpose or need. In contrast, excess or surplus suggests an overabundance of something which is beyond the required amount. Insufficiency and deficiency are also antonyms of sufficiency which signify a lack or absence of something necessary. Finally, paucity stands for scarcity or shortage of something essential.
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- absence
- feebleness
- shortage
- poverty
- imperfection
- failure
- insufficiency
- lack
- dearth
- default
- defect
- flaw
- imbalance
- inadequacy
- incompetency
- deficiency
- inability
- incapability
- nonfeasance
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
- disproportion
- small amount
- pittance
- dryness; shortage of supply
- paucity
- lack of strength; ineffectiveness
- disabling lack of talent, skill
- shortage, defect, inability
- deficiency, need
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- deficit; imperfection
- lack, need
- Other relevant words
- absence
-
feebleness
- lameness,
- Etiolation,
- Sickliness,
- effeteness,
- dis ease,
- dis eases,
- dis-ease,
- dis-eases,
- effetenesses,
- etiolations,
- in capacity,
- in competence,
- in effectualness,
- in effectualnesses,
- in firmness,
- in significance,
- in significances,
- in-capacities,
- in-capacity,
- in-competences,
- in-effectualness,
- in-firmness,
- in-firmnesses,
- in-significance,
- in-significances,
- infirmnesses,
- lamenesses,
- sicklinesses,
- un healthiness,
- un healthinesses,
- un-healthiness,
- un-healthinesses,
- unhealthinesses.
- shortage
-
poverty
- abjection,
- impecuniousness,
- impoverishment,
- need,
- pauperism,
- pennilessness,
- penuriousness,
- underdevelopment,
- Neediness,
- Necessitousness,
- abjections,
- in solvency,
- in-solvencies,
- in-solvency,
- necessitousnesses,
- pauperisms,
- under development,
- under developments,
- under-development,
- under-developments,
- underdevelopments.
- imperfection
- failure
- insufficiency
- lack
- dearth
- default
- defect
- flaw
- imbalance
-
inadequacy
- defectiveness,
- faultiness,
- inadequateness,
- inaptness,
- skimpiness,
- defectivenesses,
- faultinesses,
- in adequacies,
- in adequacy,
- in adequateness,
- in adequatenesses,
- in aptness,
- in aptnesses,
- in-adequacies,
- in-adequacy,
- in-adequateness,
- in-adequatenesses,
- in-aptness,
- in-aptnesses,
- in-completenesses,
- inadequatenesses,
- inaptnesses,
- skimpinesses.
- incompetency
- deficiency
-
inability
- inaptitude,
- incapability,
- incompetency,
- ineptness,
- inutility,
- Incapacitation,
- inutilities,
- dis qualification,
- dis qualifications,
- dis-qualification,
- dis-qualifications,
- in aptitude,
- in capacitation,
- in capacitations,
- in effectiveness,
- in effectivenesses,
- in efficacies,
- in efficacy,
- in efficiencies,
- in efficiency,
- in utilities,
- in utility,
- in-aptitude,
- in-aptitudes,
- in-capacitation,
- in-effectiveness,
- in-effectivenesses,
- in-efficacies,
- in-efficacy,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-efficiency,
- in-utilities,
- in-utility,
- inaptitudes,
- incapacitations,
- un fitness,
- un fitnesses,
- un-fitness,
- un-fitnesses.
- incapability
-
nonfeasance
- implosion,
- nonperformance,
- Non-feasance,
- nonsuccess,
- Non-performance,
- de cay,
- de cays,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de feat,
- de feats,
- de-cay,
- de-cays,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- flash in pan,
- flash the pan,
- implosions,
- lead balloon,
- lead balloons,
- mis adventure,
- mis adventures,
- mis carriage,
- mis carriages,
- mis steps,
- mis-adventure,
- mis-adventures,
- mis-carriages,
- non feasance,
- non feasances,
- non performance,
- non performances,
- non success,
- non successes,
- non-feasances,
- non-successes,
- nonperformances,
- nonsuccesses,
- over throw,
- over throws,
- over-throw,
- over-throws,
- sinking ship,
- sinking ships,
- total loss,
- total losses.
- deficit
- drought
- insufficiency, scarcity
- failure; want
- blemish, imperfection
- imperfection, inadequacy
- shortage of something needed, required
-
disproportion
- lopsidedness,
- Imparity,
- imparities,
- dis parities,
- dis parity,
- dis proportion,
- dis proportions,
- dis-parities,
- dis-parity,
- dis-proportion,
- dis-proportions,
- in equalities,
- in equality,
- in-equalities,
- in-equality,
- lopsidednesses,
- un evenness,
- un evennesses,
- un suitableness,
- un suitablenesses,
- un-evennesses,
- un-suitableness,
- un-suitablenesses.
- small amount
- pittance
- dryness; shortage of supply
- paucity
- lack of strength; ineffectiveness
- disabling lack of talent, skill
- shortage, defect, inability
-
deficiency, need
- lack.
- lack, scarcity
- want; extreme need, often financial
- deficit; imperfection
-
lack, need
- want.
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
let the cat ouf bag
- Antonyms:
- be quiet, conceal, hide.
