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单词 insuffice
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insufficev.

/ɪnsəˈfʌɪs/
Etymology: < in- prefix4+ suffice v., after insufficient.
intransitive. To fail to suffice; to be insufficient.Apparently an isolated use.
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to come short1579
insuffice1847
1847 Ld. G. Bentinck Let. 30 Aug. in B. Disraeli Ld. G. Bentinck (1852) xxiii. 448 She [Ireland] imported three millions sterling worth of breadstuffs, which insufficed to prevent one million, or say half a million, of the people from dying of starvation.
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