insufficient
Example Sentences
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Repression is a necessary but insufficient condition for the regime to survive the current economic meltdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
He contended that the evidence at trial was insufficient to sustain the conviction or to show that the proper venue for the trial was Texas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
On Monday, he said a temporary ceasefire proposal being circulated was insufficient.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
This was later raised to about 520,000 naira after protests but she says this was insufficient to secure alternative housing.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Although I’d ascended hundreds of mountains, Everest was so different from anything I’d previously climbed that my powers of imagination were insufficient for the task.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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Bridge to Terabithia
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