insufficient
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Regulators found it had insufficient systems to monitor and report possible financial crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Students who reported less healthy behaviors, including frequent fast food consumption and insufficient sleep, tended to show greater psychological rigidity, meaning they had more difficulty adjusting their thoughts and behaviors when circumstances changed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Because these thresholds were established in the 1980s and never adjusted, they’re already insufficient.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
All convictions in the United States were overturned in 2022 after an appeal court ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the traders' requests had broken any rules or laws.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
My body felt like its standard self, broken and insufficient in the usual ways, but my brain felt sloppy and exhausted, like the noodle legs of a runner post-marathon.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing insufficient
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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