Meanings
comparative more insufficiently · superlative most insufficiently
- Not sufficiently.
The machine was decommissioned because it was producing widgets insufficiently.
1 more example
Mr. Tygart, who came to prominence for successfully pursuing doping cases against the track star Marion Jones and the cyclist Lance Armstrong, has long contended that WADA is insufficiently dedicated to holding dopers and their enablers to account.
2024 July 25, Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja, “How a U.S. Antidoping Law Fueled Global Tensions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbto an insufficient degree
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian недоста́тъчно
- недоста́тъчно (nedostátăčno)not sufficiently
Catalan insuficientment
- insuficientmentnot sufficiently
French insuffisamment
- insuffisammentnot sufficiently
German ungenügend
- ungenügendnot sufficiently
Greek ανεπαρκώς
- ανεπαρκώς (aneparkós)not sufficiently
Italian insufficientemente
- insufficientementenot sufficiently
Latin parum
- parumnot sufficiently
Polish niewystarczająco, niedostatecznie
- niewystarczająconot sufficiently
- niedostatecznienot sufficiently
Portuguese insuficientemente
- insuficientementenot sufficiently
Russian недоста́точно
- недоста́точно (nedostátočno)not sufficiently
Spanish insuficientemente
- insuficientementenot sufficiently
Swedish otillräckligt
- otillräckligtnot sufficiently
Ukrainian недоста́тньо
- недоста́тньо (nedostátnʹo)not sufficiently
Cite this entry
insufficiently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufficiently
“insufficiently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufficiently. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insufficiently,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufficiently.
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