Meaning of INSUFFICIENT
| Pronunciation: | | `insu'fishunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" |
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| | Synonyms: | | deficient, depleted, inadequate, lean, light, low, poor, scant(p), scarce, short, shy(p), skimpy, too little |
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| | Antonyms: | | sufficient | | |
| | See Also: | | meager, meagerly, meagre | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`suf*fi"cient\, a. [L. insufficiens, -entis. See
{In-} not, and {Sufficient}.]
1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use,
or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in
quantity, and defective in quality. ``Insufficient for His
praise.'' --Cowper.
2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill;
incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient
to discharge the duties of an office.
Syn: Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit;
incompetent; incapable; inefficient.
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| | Related Terms: | | asymmetric, base, defective, deficient, disappointing, disheartening, disparate, displeasing, disproportionate, dissatisfactory, failing, found wanting, half-assed, ill-matched, ill-sorted, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inferior, irregular, lacking, little, maladroit, mean, mediocre, minus, mismatched, not comparable, not enough, not good enough, not in it, odd, out of it, out of proportion, petty, scant, scanty, scarce, shabby, short, short of, shy, skew, skewed, small, too little, trivial, unequal, unequal to, uneven, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unqualified, unreached, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unskillful, unsufficing, wanting |
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