insufficient
11insufficient — adjective not enough: insufficient supplies (+ for): There were insufficient funds for a research project. | insufficient to do sth: The evidence is quite insufficient to convict him. insufficiently adverb insufficiency noun (singular,… …
12insufficient — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin insufficient , insufficiens, from Latin in + sufficient , sufficiens sufficient Date: 14th century not sufficient ; inadequate < insufficient funds >; especially lacking… …
13insufficient — insufficiently, adv. /in seuh fish euhnt/, adj. 1. not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer. 2. deficient in force, quality, or amount; inadequate: insufficient protection. [1350 1400; ME < LL insufficient… …
14insufficient — [[t]ɪ̱nsəfɪ̱ʃ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ to inf, ADJ for n Something that is insufficient is not large enough in amount or degree for a particular purpose. [FORMAL] He decided there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings... These… …
15insufficient — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ADVERB ▪ quite, wholly ▪ simply ▪ clearly …
16insufficient — in|suf|fi|cient [ ,ınsə fıʃnt ] adjective ** not enough: There are insufficient funds in your account. The police had insufficient evidence to arrest him. ╾ in|suf|fi|cient|ly adverb ─ opposite SUFFICIENT …
17insufficient — adjective the emergency lighting is insufficient insufficient funds Syn: inadequate, deficient, poor, scant, scanty; not enough, too little, too few, too small; scarce, sparse, in short supply, lacking, wanting; paltry, meager …
18insufficient */*/ — UK [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] / US adjective not enough There are insufficient funds in your account. The police had insufficient evidence to arrest him. Derived word: insufficiently adverb …
19insufficient — in•suf•fi•cient [[t]ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ənt[/t]] adj. 1) not sufficient: an insufficient answer[/ex] 2) inadequate: insufficient protection[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < LL in suf•fi′cient•ly, adv …
20insufficient — /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/ (say insuh fishuhnt) adjective 1. not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer. 2. deficient in force, quality, or amount; inadequate: insufficient protection. –insufficiently, adverb …
