insufficient funds
Example Sentences
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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
The company has admitted "insufficient funds" had been set aside to carry out the agreed restoration work.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023
One such supporter in every State would win many battles which are lost because of insufficient funds to do the necessary work.
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
