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"insufficiency" has 4 syllables: ins-uff-ic-iency.
noun
“The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.”
"Insufficiency" has 4 syllables: ins · uff · ic · iency.
Insufficiency: The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
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