insufficiently
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4.7
- adverb
- /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃəntli/
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insuficientemente
- The report was insufficiently detailed to provide clear guidance for the project.
- insufficiently attentive
- insufficiently loyal
- insufficiently sensitive
America is in some respects insufficiently pragmatic, he says.
- America is in some respects insufficiently pragmatic, he says.
- No matter how intense your beam, if the frequency is insufficiently high, no electrons come off.
- But he said to me of a text in a stickiness arms race, great ideas don't stick around because they're insufficiently sticky.
- We become too powerful and not insufficiently wise to know what to do with that power.
Examples
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Given the extreme danger to national security from terrorism, voluntary schemes are insufficiently robust.
Academic text (2017) -
News reporters have insufficiently emphasized and perhaps largely ignored these seemingly educational and ethical issues.
Academic text (1991) -
So it's critical, but it's insufficiently critical.
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We become too powerful and not insufficiently wise to know what to do with that power.
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Or is my cottage insufficiently grand for you?
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Are you insufficiently funded, Mr. Aramaki?
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When students are insufficiently prepared for success, their interest and motivation can quickly wane.
Academic text (2001) -
The feeling of being insufficiently appreciated is a common childhood lament.
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Unilateral American policies are often insufficiently attentive to Chinese opinion.
Academic text (1999) -
In 2008, 31% of people worldwide were insufficiently active, contributing to 3.2 million deaths each year related to physical inactivity.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
8
4.4
In a way that is not good enough
1
6.8
In a small way that is not enough
1
5.6
In a way that does not meet what is needed
1
6.2
To a small degree, not completely
In a way that does not have enough of what is needed
Antonyms
How Sufficient
Surface Forms
Morphology
insufficiently = insufficient (transparent) = in + sufficient + ly
This is a regular adverb formation from the adjective 'insufficient' with the standard suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
The word insufficiently breaks into in- meaning 'not' and sufficient (from the verb suffice, 'to be enough'). A helpful way to remember it is that something done insufficiently is done 'not enough' to meet a need or standard.