insufficiently

insufficient | American Dictionary

insufficient
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˌɪn·səˈfɪʃ·ənt/
not enough in amount, strength, or quality; less than is needed:
There was insufficient evidence, so we had to find him not guilty.

insufficiently

adverb[ not gradable ]us/ˌɪn·səˈfɪʃ·ənt·li/
Many of the students got low grades because they were insufficiently prepared.

insufficient | Business English

insufficient
adjective
uk /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/us
not enough, or not big or important enough for a particularpurpose:
Their plan may mature with insufficient funds to pay off their mortgages.
This would leave insufficient time to release any new information about the shares.

insufficiently

adverb
For years the health service has been insufficiently funded.

Examples of insufficient

insufficient
But in case the supply of tubes is insufficient they should be transferred, as caught, into any dry bottle, such as a whisky bottle.
Nevertheless, insufficient support was forthcoming and by the project had stalled.
Such terminology has insufficient architectural precision to be credible as an answer to current urban problems.
Available information is insufficient to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that average temperatures are increasing worldwide.
This holistic analysis has suggested that the term is somewhat insufficient in characterising power relations.
The problem of insufficient promotion possibilities, for instance, will disappear by virtue of the demographic swing.
Most of these theories relied on the feeling of the past - in his view, clearly an insufficient and question-begging explanation.
The changes in levels of ferredoxin were insufficient to support ferredoxin deficiency as a cause of aerobic metronidazole resistance.
The complexity of historical processes should not be boiled down to some insufficient essentials.
There was some overlap in that delegates found there was too much traffic and insufficient parking.
Yet, in many instances, these abolitionist judges dismissed the actions as legally insufficient.
The authors showed that disrupting the b-sheet structure in either layer was insufficient to completely prevent fibril formation.
He openly admitted that he had turned to fiction because the historical genre was insufficient for his aims.
Strongyloidiasis is presently at insufficient levels to justify inclusion within a community treatment programme targeting maternal and child health.
Prophetic voices are appropriate and important, but insufficient to policy.
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