| ADJECTIVE | all | insufficient, deficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
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| Sounds | ihnsahfih'shahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement. | |
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| Example | "insufficient funds" | |
| Synonym | deficient | |
| Attribute of | quantity | An adequate or large amount |
| Narrower | depleted, low | no longer sufficient |
| inadequate, poor, short, jejune | not sufficient to meet / meet a need | |
| lean, skimpy | Containing little excess | |
| light, scant, short | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | |
| shy | short | |
| See also | meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent |
| Opposite | sufficient | Of a quantity that can fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant |
| Spanish | deficiente, insuficiente | |
| Catalan | deficient, insuficient | |
| Nouns | insufficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
| Adverbs | insufficiently | to an insufficient degree |
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