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View definitions for insufficiently

insufficiently

adverb as in barely

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Ideas that seem good at first may not seem so great after research, and many commonly criticized failures were likely results of insufficient research.

Central America has seen wide disease spread in some countries as well, and Mexico in particular has been criticized for insufficient testing to accurately determine the scope of community transmission.

From Vox

Symptoms that prompted the partners to pause the studies were unlikely to be linked to the shot, or there was insufficient evidence to say for sure, according to documents sent to participants.

From Fortune

What’s more, the narrow boreholes can only accommodate thin canisters, which may be insufficient for long-term safety.

The 0-5 Jets reportedly attempted to find a team willing to trade for Bell, but general manager Joe Douglas apparently found insufficient interest.

Anyone considered insufficiently anti-Communist was deemed a “comsymp”—short for Communist sympathizer.

He has since been considered increasingly politically vulnerable after Cruz attacked him as insufficiently conservative.

In response, Smith quit the party in a huff that July, trashing it as insufficiently principled on his way out the door.

Republicans attacked Hagel for being insufficiently hawkish on Hizbullah.

On Iran, Republicans accused Hagel of being insufficiently pro-war.

The old postman says it was insufficiently addressed, or it 'ud ha' been here by first post.

The ship was not large and was insufficiently equipped; the sailors were mostly heretics.

All were badly and insufficiently fed, as much from disorganized commissariat arrangements as from actual want of supplies.

Infection in man occurs from ingestion of insufficiently cooked pork, which contains encysted embryos.

But there is also a third point as yet insufficiently realised—the historic factors of the problem.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to insufficiently, such as: inadequately, incompletely, and partly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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