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Another word for insufficient

insufficient Synonyms

insufficient

modif.

deficient, lacking, skimpy, meager; see faulty, inadequate 1, unfinished 1, wanting 1.

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Another word for insufficient

adjective

Not enough to meet a demand or requirement:

deficient, inadequate, scarce, short, shy¹, under, wanting. See big, excess

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It may also dismiss a case on grounds of insufficient evidence.
17 and a thickness of insulating material which formerly would have been considered quite insufficient is now very generally adopted with complete success.
Though these reasons were very insufficient and obscure, no one made any rejoinder.
And even then, because of the insufficient number of Brazilian vessels it was provided in the regulations that foreign vessels could be enrolled in that trade by using the Brazilian flag and employing a certain proportion of Brazilians on the crew.
He was imprisoned from 1825 to 1828 for coining, though apparently on insufficient evidence, and in 1833 came to push his claims in Paris, where he was recognized as the dauphin by many persons formerly connected with the court of Louis XVI.

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