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
Many of the workers described banks rejecting their paychecks for insufficient funds.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2024
Ninety-three other cities and towns are now entitled to this service under the law, but it has not been accorded them on account of insufficient funds to meet the expenses of its establishment.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover
