INSUFFICIENT


Meaning of INSUFFICIENT in English

-shənt adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin insufficient-, insufficiens, from in- in- (I) + Latin sufficient-, sufficiens sufficient — more at sufficient

: not sufficient: as

a. : lacking in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill : incompetent , unfit

a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office

b. obsolete : not sufficiently furnished or supplied : deficient or lacking in something

c. : inadequate to some implied or designated need, use, or purpose

provisions insufficient in quantity

• in·suf·fi·cient·ly adverb

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