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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "çatışmazlıq"
},
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"word": "insufficienza"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "жеткіліксіздік"
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"alt": "不充分",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "불충분"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "അപര്യാപ്തത"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"word": "insuficiência"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "çatışmazlıq"
},
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "qıtlıq"
},
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "insuficiència"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùzú",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "不足"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "riittämättömyys"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"word": "déficience"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "insuficiencia"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Insuffizienz"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anepárkeia",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανεπάρκεια"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "elégtelenség"
},
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "ganntanas"
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insufficienza"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jetkılıksızdık",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "жеткіліксіздік"
},
{
"alt": "不充分",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulchungbun",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "불충분"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aparyāptata",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "അപര്യാപ്തത"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kuṟavŭ",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"word": "കുറവ്"
},
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "neufondid"
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"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"word": "neuhaieid"
},
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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"word": "neuhaieys"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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"word": "niedostateczność"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insuficiência"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátočnostʹ",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоста́точность"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insuficiencia"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy",
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