insufficient

adjective

OPAL W

/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnt/

(formal)

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not large, strong or important enough for a particular purpose synonym inadequate
- insufficient time
- The management paid insufficient attention to working conditions.
- There are fears that the existing flood barrier may prove insufficient.
- I’m afraid we have insufficient evidence.
- insufficient to do something His salary is insufficient to meet his needs.
- insufficient for something The plan was to refurbish the whole building but the funds raised were insufficient for the purpose.
opposite sufficient
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
adverb
- quite
- wholly
- simply
- …
preposition
- for
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘incapable, incompetent’): via Old French from late Latin insufficient- ‘not sufficing’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’ (from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’).

单词	insufficient
释义	insufficient adjective OPAL W /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnt/ /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃnt/ (formal) jump to other results not large, strong or important enough for a particular purpose synonym inadequate insufficient time The management paid insufficient attention to working conditions. There are fears that the existing flood barrier may prove insufficient. I’m afraid we have insufficient evidence. insufficient to do something His salary is insufficient to meet his needs. insufficient for something The plan was to refurbish the whole building but the funds raised were insufficient for the purpose. opposite sufficient Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be prove adverb quite wholly simply … preposition for See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘incapable, incompetent’): via Old French from late Latin insufficient- ‘not sufficing’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’ (from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’).
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