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Adjective(1) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement(2) not enough; lacking

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(1) Have houses prices too low, and there'll be insufficient investment in the area.(2) However a review document produced by the group warns that current funding is insufficient .(3) However, that leaves insufficient time to organise live coverage for Saturday.(4) The report found many examples of good work but said insufficient priority was being given to the issue.(5) He was charged with murder in 1997 but the case was dropped due to insufficient evidence.(6) It's caused by an insufficient level of insulin, a glucose regulating hormone.(7) Greig added that some minor roads in rural areas might have to be shut down if there are insufficient funds to fix them.(8) In military terms, striking at insurgents and terrorists is necessary but insufficient .(9) It strikes me as incredible that insufficient thought and planning was given to such a major activity.(10) The plant could then be converted for other uses, seeing as there is insufficient demand for Rover cars.(11) Anything less and he would have insufficient time to settle into the job.(12) Tough laws are insufficient to find a solution to such a terrible scourge.(13) It is thought the amount of smoke created would also have been insufficient to cause the man's death.(14) I think the amount of police officers is insufficient , I think we need loads more.(15) Now they have been informed that beds are available but staffing levels are insufficient to take him.(16) My offence, so far as I could tell, was to show insufficient respect to cabinet ministers.
Related Words
(1) insufficient funds
(2) insufficient memory
Synonyms
Adjective
1. inadequate
2. deficient
3. poor
4. scant
5. scanty
6. not enough
7. too little
8. too few
9. too small
10. scarce
11. sparse
12. in short supply
14. wanting
15. paltry
16. meager
17. niggardly
18. incomplete
19. restricted
20. limited
21. measly
22. pathetic
23. piddling


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Won't work.
The diameter of the tubing is insufficient.

Won't work. The diameter of the tubing is INSUFFICIENT.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 22


I have insufficient data to proceed.

I have INSUFFICIENT data to proceed.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 11


Oh. A clever, albeit obsolete, euphemism
for insufficient blood flow...

Oh. A clever, albeit obsolete, euphemism for INSUFFICIENT blood flow...

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 2


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