insufficient

adjective as in not enough; lacking

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deficient, faulty, inadequate, incomplete, meager, poor, scant, scarce, unsatisfactory

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bereft, defective, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, imperfect, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, infrequent, minus, out of, rare, short, short of, shy, thin, too little too late, unample, unfinished, unfitted, unqualified, wanting

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Aid groups, UN agencies and others say the "humanitarian area" people are expected to move to is heavily overcrowded and insufficient to support the roughly two million Palestinians who are expected to cram into it.

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Aid groups, UN agencies and others say the "humanitarian area" they are expected to move to is heavily overcrowded and insufficient to support the roughly 2 million Palestinians who are expected to cram into it.

From BBC

"The police rang me. They told me there's insufficient evidence to prosecute and he's agreed to pay it back," she said.

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They told the BBC that children had been placed in isolation for wearing incorrect uniform, and there were fewer usable toilets and insufficient time for lunch breaks.

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A court has described the evidence of his connection as “insufficient.”

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