insufficient funds
Example Sentences
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When flooding happens or the crop fails, insufficient funds exist to pay claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
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
According to the booking report, Morris was picked up at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for the felony of writing a check with insufficient funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
Not because of insufficient funds but because an automated system flagged the transaction as “unusual.”
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
"The thought of you and your fellow-workers in South Dakota in this hot weather and with insufficient funds, has lain like lead upon my heart," wrote John Hooker.
From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted
