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in⋅suf⋅fi⋅cient

   [in-suh-fish-uhnt]
–adjective
1. not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
2. deficient in force, quality, or amount; inadequate: insufficient protection.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL insufficient- (s. of insufficiēns). See in- 3 , sufficient
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Language Translation for : insufficient
Spanish: insuficiente, German: unzureichend, Japanese: 不十分な
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in·suf·fi·cient     (ĭn'sə-fĭsh'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Not sufficient; inadequate.

in'suf·fi'cient·ly adv.
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insufficient 
c.1386, from O.Fr. insufficient, from L. insufficientem (nom. insufficiens), from in- "not" + sufficientem (see sufficient). Originally of persons, "inadequate, unable;" of things, from 1494.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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insufficient

adjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [ant: sufficient] 

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Insufficient

In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]

1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.

2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.

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