insufficient

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[ US /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
    insufficient funds
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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
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