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

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

It is now working on a different - and far cheaper - restoration plan for the site after warning of "insufficient funds" available to deliver on the original agreement.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

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