insufficient funds
Example Sentences
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They have since submitted a new - and far cheaper - restoration plan, warning of "insufficient funds" available to deliver what had previously been agreed.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
Banks have long closed customers’ accounts for financial or legal reasons, such as insufficient funds and fraud, or if accounts appear to be used for money laundering or terrorist financing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 18, 2025
Firefighters repeatedly aired complaints that the fire department has for gone too long with insufficient funds.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
Not because of insufficient funds but because an automated system flagged the transaction as “unusual.”
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2024
Ninety-three other cities and towns entitled to this service under the law have not been accorded it on account of insufficient funds.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover
