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[ in-suh-fish-uhnt ] / ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR insufficient ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer. deficient in force, quality, or amount; inadequate: insufficient protection. Origin of insufficient1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin insufficient- (stem of insufficiēns). See in-3, sufficient SYNONYMS FOR insufficient1 inadequate, scanty, deficient. SEE SYNONYMS FOR insufficient ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM insufficientin·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverbWords nearby insufficientinsudate, insufferable, insufficiency, insufficiency disease, insufficiency of eyelids, insufficient, insufflate, insufflation, insufflation anesthesia, insula, insulant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for insufficientAfter 90 minutes of deliberation, the jury found that the evidence was insufficient and acquitted Lizzie. Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?|Nina Strochlic|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Insufficient transparency in the UT admissions process is a serious concern that goes beyond politics. The University of Texas’s Machiavellian War on Its Regent|David Davis|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Insufficient protocols or incompetent practices for and by the nurses in the hospital hot zone. Disease History Vs. Disease Hysteria|Kevin Bleyer|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was also the question of inadequate protective gear and insufficient instruction. Ebola Nurses Are As Brave As Soldiers|Michael Daly|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Insufficient training, technology, and equipment to handle an Ebola epidemic, says Redlener, are byproducts of these cuts. Ebola Panic Is Worse Than the Disease|Abby Haglage|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST The unnecessary delays are stoppages caused by lack of supplies or insufficient air pressure. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|B. H. M. Hewett The utmost tenderness of caution was insufficient to prevent the effects of this blow on De Courcy's bodily frame. Self-control|Mary Brunton None of the rivers is navigable, and the roads are in general indifferent and insufficient. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3|Various Even Dave's mechanical expletives were insufficient to dispel the illusion. The chivalry which he introduced was an insufficient gift to barbarism. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus
British Dictionary definitions for insufficient
adjectivenot sufficient; inadequate or deficient Derived forms of insufficientinsufficiently, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to insufficientpoor, unsatisfactory, deficient, inadequate, meager, scant, scarce, faulty, incomplete, bereft, defective, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, imperfect, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent Medical definitions for insufficient
adj.Not sufficient. Incapable of proper functioning. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |