1594, Richard Hooker, Of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 2, Section 8 (at Google Books):Whatsoever, to make up the doctrine of man's salvation, is added as in supply of the Scripture's unsufficiency, we reject it.
1876, Edward Savard, Inspector of Schools, in Statement of the public accounts of the province of Quebec and annual report of the auditor of the province, p. 219 (at Google Books):The pupils are wanting in regularity of attendance and there is an unsufficiency of books.
1907, Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent, ch. 9:The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.