insufficient
Example Sentences
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Supplements may be useful when dietary intake is insufficient or osteoporosis is present, but excessive intake should be avoided.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
The company found that one of the marketing solutions led to inaccurate and insufficient data and slowed its rollout to ensure the data were reliable, Eisenhardt said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"It didn't limit student use of AI in any way -- so, completely insufficient, inadequate."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"There was also, at times, a lack of proper planning for the qualifiers and insufficient preparation for matches. That is why it took such a long time."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The extra gravitational attraction of such a large number of black holes could explain why our galaxy rotates at the rate it does: the mass of the visible stars is insufficient to account for this.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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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