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US
/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/
]
[ UK /ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient funds
How To Use insufficient In A Sentence
- However, physical appearance and intellect are insufficient foundation for effective long-lasting relationships.
- There are other claims that are perhaps insufficiently established.
- Cops said there was insufficient evidence and the case was dropped in February. The Sun
- Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions form insufficient premises.
- Moreover it seems to me atrocious that we who insist on seven millions of Catholics supporting a church they call heretical, should dare to talk of our scruples (conscientious scruples forsooth!) about assisting with a poor pittance of very insufficient charity their 'damnable idolatry.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- The magistrates committed her to Preston Crown Court for sentence after ruling their powers of punishment were insufficient.
- Their printed names without signatures were insufficient. Christianity Today
- If breakfast is insufficient you come closer to the exhaustion of hepatic and muscular glycogen. The Sun
- The major problems seem to be fragmentation, deficient base in popular constituencies and insufficient links between civic and political efforts.
- We'll lose some big cats such as cheetahs because they have insufficient genetic diversity to survive a nasty disease. Threats to our Future