What does Insufficient mean?
Definitions for Insufficient
ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ əntin·suf·fi·cient
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Princeton's WordNet
insufficient, deficientadjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
"insufficient funds"
Wiktionary
insufficientadjective
Not sufficient.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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 Dictionary
Insufficientadjective
not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality
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 Dictionary
Insufficient
in-suf-fish′ent, adj. not sufficient: deficient: unfit: incapable.—ns. Insuffic′iency, Insuffic′ience (rare).—adv. Insuffic′iently.
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Insufficient' in Adjectives Frequency: #831
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Insufficient in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Insufficient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Insufficient in a Sentence
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
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.
There are some clients whose profitability is structurally insufficient so we will not service them any more.
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....
The belief that 'I treat everyone the same' is insufficient: Active efforts in mathematics teaching are required in order to counter the cultural forces that have led to and continue to perpetuate current inequities.
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- غير كافArabic
- insuficientCatalan, Valencian
- nedostatečnýCzech
- ungenügend, unzureichendGerman
- ανεπαρκήςGreek
- insuficienteSpanish
- ناکافیPersian
- puutteellinen, vajanainen, riittämätönFinnish
- insuffisantFrench
- insuficienteGalician
- नाकाफीHindi
- cukupIndonesian
- insufficienteItalian
- לא מספיקHebrew
- 不十分Japanese
- niet voldoendeDutch
- utilstrekkeligNorwegian
- niewystarczającyPolish
- insuficientePortuguese
- insuficient, nesuficient, neîndestulătorRomanian
- недостаточныйRussian
- otillräckligSwedish
- போதியTamil
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