Definitions for insufficient
ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ əntin·suf·fi·cient

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. insufficient, deficientadjective

   of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

   "insufficient funds"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. insufficientadjective

   Not sufficient.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insufficientadjective

   Inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; wanting abilities; incapable; unfit.

   Etymology: insufficient, French; in and sufficient.

   The bishop to whom they shall be presented, may justly reject them as incapable and insufficient. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   We are weak, dependant creatures, insufficient to our own happiness, full of wants which of ourselves we cannot relieve, exposed to a numerous train of evils which we know not how to divert. John Rogers, Sermons.

   Fasting kills by the bad state, not by the insufficient quantity of fluids. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insufficient

   Insufficient refers to a situation where something is not enough or does not meet the requirements, conditions or standards needed. It indicates that more of a specific substance, item, quality, skill, or time is needed in order to complete a task or to achieve a goal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Insufficientadjective

   not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality

2. Insufficientadjective

   wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Insufficient

   in-suf-fish′ent, adj. not sufficient: deficient: unfit: incapable.—ns. Insuffic′iency, Insuffic′ience (rare).—adv. Insuffic′iently.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'insufficient' in Adjectives Frequency: #831

How to pronounce insufficient?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insufficient in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insufficient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of insufficient in a Sentence

1. Erin Hanlon:

   Evidence from laboratory and epidemiological studies has started to consistently associate insufficient sleep with an increased risk of obesity.

2. Dean Koontz:

   Some people think only intellect counts knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it. But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

3. Kurt Altman:

   What the 99 percent figure does not tell us is how many terminal patients did n’t know about expanded access, had a doctor with insufficient time to complete the process, etc..

4. Jeff Hauser:

   Powell still hasn’t acted. He has not yet actually cut off the flow of insider information to Rosengren and Kaplan, the immediate and necessary, even if insufficient, step would be to place them on administrative leave....

5. White House:

   But White House contains no funding and is ultimately insufficient on White House own, since White House doesn't provide the $ 1.9 billion in funding that our public health experts have said is needed right now to prepare Americans for the imminent local transmission of Zika in this country.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insufficient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insufficient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=insufficient
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insufficient
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=insufficient