English > insufficient: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement. |
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Example | "insufficient funds" |
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Synonym | deficient |
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Attribute of | quantity | An adequate or large amount |
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Narrower | depleted, low | no longer sufficient |
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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 |
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Opposite | sufficient | Of a quantity that can fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant |
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Spanish | deficiente, insuficiente |
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Catalan | deficient, insuficient |
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Nouns | insufficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
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Adverbs | insufficiently | to an insufficient degree |
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