† unsufficiencyn.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun]
unablenessc1380
unabletyc1380
infirmityc1384
unabilityc1475
non-ability1477
inability1500
disability1545
unsufficiency1580
disablement1597
disableness1609
incapacity1611
uncapableness1611
incapability1632
incapableness1632
uncapabilitya1644
incompatibility1659
incompetibilitya1660
uncapacity1681
invalidity1698
disable1827
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Incompetence, not meete or fitte for, vnsufficiencie.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 122 The vnsufficiencie of the light of nature.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 267 There are ciuill as well as ecclesiasticall vnsufficiencies non residencies and pluralities.
1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron iv. i. 172 The Arabians perceiuing the vnsufficiency of their knowne gods, dedicated their altars, Ignoto Deo.
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 84 The weakness and unsufficiency of other Doctors.
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