insufficient

Definitions

1. determiner

   An inadequate quantity of; not enough.

   Example

   • Insufficient time is available to reflect on the problem.
2. determiner

   A quantity (of something) that is less than is needed.

   Example

   • Insufficient of the building remains to determine its age.
3. adjective

   Not sufficient; of a type or kind that does not suffice, that does not satisfy requirements or needs.

   Examples

   • an insufficient amount
   • an insufficient degree
   ≈unsufficient≈deficient≈lacking
4. adjective

   Not sufficient; lacking competent power or ability; unqualified, unequal, unfit.

   Example

   • Brother Coſroe, I find my ſelfe agreeu’d, Yet inſufficient to expreſſe the ſame: For it requires a great and thundering ſpeech: […]
   ≈unsufficient