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insufficient
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: deficient ] [ant: sufficient ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not sufficient.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insufficient \In`suf*fi"cient\, a. [L. insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and Sufficient .] Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality. ``Insufficient for ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French insufficient (14c.), from Latin insufficientem (nominative insufficiens ) "insufficient," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + sufficientem (see sufficient ). Originally of persons, "inadequate, unable;" of things, from ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ But they regarded the simple wartime orientation of the neutralisation regime as insufficient in the post-Second-World-War era. ▪ Industry bodies have dismissed what has so far emerged as insufficient . ▪ ...
Usage examples of insufficient.
We certainly do recognize the need to insist on the creative powers of virtuality, but this Bergsonian discourse is insufficient for us insofar as we also need to insist on the reality of the being created, its ontological weight, and the institutions that structure the world, creating necessity out of contingency.
I have deliberately omitted several pieces of verse ascribed to Burns by other editors, who too hastily, and I think on insufficient testimony, admitted them among his works.
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, leading to insufficient perfusion of vital organs?
The results of insufficient protection of the lower extremities are colds, coughs, consumption, headaches, pain in the side, menstrual derangements, uterine congestion and disorders, besides disablement for the ordinary and necessary duties of life.
Some persons, while admitting that our medicines are good pharmaceutical compounds, object to them on the ground that they are too often used with insufficient judgment.
He was uncertain whether the computer meant that it had insufficient information to determine whether Dest was loyal or that it had insufficient information to know whether Turner was lying.
Being is insufficient, if happiness demands fulness of life, and exists, therefore, where nothing is lacking of all that belongs to the idea of life, then happiness can exist only in a being that lives fully.
One mine seemed insufficient to produce firestone for all the dragons of Pern.
Insufficient functioning of the kidneys is not so immediately fatal as the failure of the lungs to do their work, but proper action of the kidneys is none the less important.
The merchants of Gambia were supposed to victual this garrison, but the rations supplied were considered by Massey to be quite insufficient.
The hot sun of the Gangetic plain ripens all things quickly, as if fearful that there will be insufficient time for reproduction.
Still groggy with insufficient sleep, Sam and Grm found themselves on Earth, in Blundell.
On the other hand, if the cortex is unusually stimulated, the failure of the hypothalamic signals may be insufficient to induce sleep.
The poor man was no doubt in great measure sincere, but his probation had been insufficient, and his wild Ishmaelitish nature, so far from being overcome, gained in pride and violence through the enthusiasm that was felt for him as a convert.
The Emperor gave me so many orders for army clothing that all that could be supplied by the cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck would have been insufficient for executing the commissions.