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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1515","12"],["1524","1"],["1563","3"],["1564","3"],["1572","1"],["1574","1"],["1581","7"],["1584","1"],["1590","5"],["1592","1"],["1600","2"],["1607","2"],["1621","1"],["1626","3"],["1629","2"],["1630","2"],["1635","1"],["1637","1"],["1638","1"],["1643","1"],["1644","12"],["1647","4"],["1648","2"],["1649","3"],["1651","7"],["1652","1"],["1653","1"],["1654","1"],["1655","3"],["1657","1"],["1658","5"],["1659","2"],["1660","2"],["1662","2"],["1664","5"],["1665","4"],["1666","1"],["1667","3"],["1668","4"],["1672","17"],["1673","2"],["1674","1"],["1675","1"],["1676","6"],["1677","4"],["1678","6"],["1679","4"],["1680","14"],["1681","17"],["1682","27"],["1683","36"],["1684","10"],["1685","9"],["1686","3"],["1687","16"],["1688","3"],["1689","2"],["1691","1"],["1692","8"],["1693","4"],["1694","6"],["1695","3"],["1696","4"],["1697","8"],["1698","16"],["1699","8"],["1700","23"],["1701","29"],["1702","27"],["1703","71"],["1704","23"],["1705","32"],["1706","29"],["1707","44"],["1708","33"],["1709","17"],["1710","32"],["1711","11"],["1712","16"],["1713","9"],["1714","42"],["1715","25"],["1716","47"],["1717","34"],["1718","33"],["1719","25"],["1720","48"],["1721","31"],["1722","56"],["1723","32"],["1724","49"],["1725","83"],["1726","40"],["1727","44"],["1728","68"],["1729","66"],["1730","56"],["1731","104"],["1732","118"],["1733","39"],["1734","82"],["1735","63"],["1736","66"],["1737","107"],["1738","118"],["1739","88"],["1740","56"],["1741","38"],["1742","56"],["1743","102"],["1744","132"],["1745","64"],["1746","50"],["1747","83"],["1748","114"],["1749","59"],["1750","125"],["1751","143"],["1752","167"],["1753","193"],["1754","207"],["1755","172"],["1756","70"],["1757","130"],["1758","130"],["1759","147"],["1760","114"],["1761","119"],["1762","97"],["1763","196"],["1764","195"],["1765","126"],["1766","215"],["1767","143"],["1768","218"],["1769","158"],["1770","153"],["1771","162"],["1772","126"],["1773","219"],["1774","149"],["1775","232"],["1776","239"],["1777","190"],["1778","189"],["1779","133"],["1780","171"],["1781","207"],["1782","177"],["1783","270"],["1784","219"],["1785","259"],["1786","261"],["1787","469"],["1788","610"],["1789","429"],["1790","290"],["1791","400"],["1792","455"],["1793","451"],["1794","472"],["1795","463"],["1796","421"],["1797","387"],["1798","399"],["1799","379"],["1800","622"],["1801","955"],["1802","1077"],["1803","995"],["1804","961"],["1805","1155"],["1806","1116"],["1807","1183"],["1808","1230"],["1809","1343"],["1810","1459"],["1811","1627"],["1812","1655"],["1813","1323"],["1814","1505"],["1815","1318"],["1816","1594"],["1817","2036"],["1818","2300"],["1819","2161"],["1820","2463"],["1821","1834"],["1822","2757"],["1823","2560"],["1824","3158"],["1825","3093"],["1826","2365"],["1827","3262"],["1828","2682"],["1829","3190"],["1830","3956"],["1831","3292"],["1832","3316"],["1833","3315"],["1834","3253"],["1835","3620"],["1836","4146"],["1837","3893"],["1838","4069"],["1839","4626"],["1840","4854"],["1841","4996"],["1842","4374"],["1843","5130"],["1844","4844"],["1845","5294"],["1846","5634"],["1847","5082"],["1848","5215"],["1849","5461"],["1850","5482"],["1851","5989"],["1852","6393"],["1853","6886"],["1854","7045"],["1855","7182"],["1856","7726"],["1857","6433"],["1858","6861"],["1859","6887"],["1860","6775"],["1861","5348"],["1862","4526"],["1863","4804"],["1864","5834"],["1865","6059"],["1866","6864"],["1867","5893"],["1868","6503"],["1869","6771"],["1870","6305"],["1871","6396"],["1872","6849"],["1873","7171"],["1874","7495"],["1875","7436"],["1876","8439"],["1877","8251"],["1878","8178"],["1879","8435"],["1880","9584"],["1881","9809"],["1882","10005"],["1883","11800"],["1884","12415"],["1885","11557"],["1886","10251"],["1887","10037"],["1888","9556"],["1889","10016"],["1890","9644"],["1891","9850"],["1892","11551"],["1893","11188"],["1894","11177"],["1895","12463"],["1896","12876"],["1897","11860"],["1898","13462"],["1899","13636"],["1900","14574"],["1901","15368"],["1902","14814"],["1903","15857"],["1904","17711"],["1905","16791"],["1906","17330"],["1907","18968"],["1908","18169"],["1909","17329"],["1910","17136"],["1911","18245"],["1912","18566"],["1913","18682"],["1914","18396"],["1915","17227"],["1916","16521"],["1917","16147"],["1918","14592"],["1919","16251"],["1920","19948"],["1921","17567"],["1922","20086"],["1923","14514"],["1924","13776"],["1925","13651"],["1926","13248"],["1927","14781"],["1928","14791"],["1929","13175"],["1930","15305"],["1931","14242"],["1932","13102"],["1933","11366"],["1934","13044"],["1935","14279"],["1936","15133"],["1937","15959"],["1938","15925"],["1939","17266"],["1940","14968"],["1941","13942"],["1942","14198"],["1943","11540"],["1944","9677"],["1945","12210"],["1946","15840"],["1947","17359"],["1948","20368"],["1949","22211"],["1950","22732"],["1951","21705"],["1952","21046"],["1953","20739"],["1954","21651"],["1955","21821"],["1956","23011"],["1957","26150"],["1958","25162"],["1959","26325"],["1960","30890"],["1961","32888"],["1962","36413"],["1963","38262"],["1964","37502"],["1965","41284"],["1966","45529"],["1967","47603"],["1968","50796"],["1969","50770"],["1970","51386"],["1971","53649"],["1972","54223"],["1973","51574"],["1974","53366"],["1975","53707"],["1976","55460"],["1977","55931"],["1978","55641"],["1979","60471"],["1980","61165"],["1981","60471"],["1982","62524"],["1983","64048"],["1984","68270"],["1985","70878"],["1986","74317"],["1987","76415"],["1988","77196"],["1989","81337"],["1990","87337"],["1991","83759"],["1992","91302"],["1993","89788"],["1994","95152"],["1995","97798"],["1996","103377"],["1997","103793"],["1998","112559"],["1999","119054"],["2000","128143"],["2001","130297"],["2002","139621"],["2003","150854"],["2004","157151"],["2005","158764"],["2006","167974"],["2007","171262"],["2008","198256"]]

How to pronounce insufficient?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say insufficient in sign language?

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. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   To greed, all nature is insufficient.

2. Walter Willett:

   More than 800 million people have insufficient food, while many more consume an unhealthy diet that contributes to premature death and disease, if we can't quite make it, it's better to try and get as close as we can.

3. Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991:

   But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?

4. John Cook:

   Providing facts is necessary but it's insufficient to deal with misinformation.

5. Gideon Oliver:

   For years, New York City and the NYPD have made every effort to avoid public scrutiny around the NYPD killing of Eric Garner and Alvin Bragg and Gideon Oliver insufficient investigations and other responses.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

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
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=insufficient