insufficient as an adjective: - 1
insufficient
adjective
1 insufficient
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement:
— Insufficient funds.
synonym: deficient.
Roget 640:
insufficient,
inadequate;
too little
etc.
32;
not enough
etc.
639;
unequal to;
incompetent
etc.
(impotent)
158;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;"
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460;
deficient
etc.
(incomplete)
53;
wanting,
etc.
v.;
imperfect
etc.
651;
ill-furnished,
ill-provided,
ill-stored,
ill-off.
slack,
at a low ebb;
empty,
vacant,
bare;
short of,
out of,
destitute of,
devoid of,
bereft of
etc.
789;
denuded of;
dry,
drained.
unprovided,
unsupplied†,
unfurnished;
unreplenished,
unfed†;
unstored†,
untreasured†;
empty-handed.
meager,
poor,
thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted;
starved,
starving;
halfstarved,
famine-stricken,
famished;
jejune.
scant
etc.
(small)
32;
scarce;
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money,
not to be had at any price;
scurvy;
stingy
etc.
819;
at the end of one's tether;
without resources
etc.
632;
in want
etc.
(poor)
804;
in debt
etc.
806.
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Roget 732:
unsuccessful,
successless†;
failing,
tripping
etc.
v.;
at fault;
unfortunate
etc.
735.
abortive,
addle,
stillborn;
fruitless,
bootless;
ineffectual,
ineffective,
inconsequential,
trifling,
nugatory;
inefficient
etc.
(impotent)
158;
insufficient
etc.
640;
unavailing
etc.
(useless)
645;
of no effect.
aground,
grounded,
swamped,
stranded,
cast away,
wrecked,
foundered,
capsized,
shipwrecked,
nonsuited†;
foiled;
defeated
etc.
731;
struck down,
borne down,
broken down;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
all up with;
ploughed,
plowed,
plucked.
lost,
undone,
ruined,
broken;
bankrupt
etc.
(not paying)
808;
played out;
done up,
done for;
dead beat,
ruined root and branch,
flambe†,
knocked on the head;
destroyed
etc.
162.
frustrated,
crossed,
unhinged,
disconcerted dashed;
thrown off one's balance,
thrown on one's back,
thrown on one's beam ends†;
unhorsed,
in a sorry plight;
hard hit.
stultified,
befooled†,
dished,
hoist on one's own petard;
victimized,
sacrificed.
wide of the mark
etc.
(error)
495;
out of one's reckoning
etc.
(inexpectation)
508†;
left in the lurch;
thrown away
etc.
(wasted)
638;
unattained;
uncompleted
etc.
730.
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Dutch: ontoereikend
Polish: niedostateczny
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