Insufficient Meaning
/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
detAn inadequate quantity of; not enough.
detA quantity (of something) that is less than is needed.
Sentence Examples
The width of the road is insufficient for safe driving.
There is insufficient light to take pictures.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ amount of evidence led to the case being dismissed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police had ____ evidence to make an arrest, so they were forced to release the main suspect.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French insufficient, from Latin insufficiens. See also in- + sufficient.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Brother Coſroe, I find my ſelfe agreeu’d,
Yet inſufficient to expreſſe the ſame:
For it requires a great and thundering ſpeech: […]"
— c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ amount of evidence led to the case being dismissed.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police had ____ evidence to make an arrest, so they were forced to release the main suspect.