Synonyms for insufficiently

Grammar : Adv

Spell : in-suh-fish-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ənt

Définition of insufficiently

Origin : late 14c., from Old French insufficient (14c.), from Latin insufficientem (nominative insufficiens) "insufficient," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + sufficientem (see sufficient). Originally of persons, "inadequate, unable;" of things, from late 15c. Related: Insufficiently.

adv barely

Example sentences :

"A friend of ours did think that it is insufficiently reinsured," said Margaret.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Another returned it insufficiently stamped, and there was fourpence to pay.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

She had been insufficiently clad in winter, too heavily clad in summer.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

Indeed the whole character of Jane is insufficiently presented.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury

Of the 'Apollo' it is argued that it is insufficiently modelled.
Extract from : « Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 » by Francis Marion Crawford

When she looked, she could see how lean he was, how insufficiently nourished.
Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair

He thought that the Delaware River was insufficiently protected.
Extract from : « Historic Events of Colonial Days » by Rupert S. Holland

They were, for the most part, poorly built and insufficiently equipped.
Extract from : « The Railroad Problem » by Edward Hungerford

Chaucer's obligations to this author have been insufficiently explored.
Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer

And such drains and sewers as there were, were insufficiently flushed.
Extract from : « The Sanitary Evolution of London » by Henry Lorenzo Jephson

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