insufficient

English

Etymology

From Middle French insufficient, from Latin insufficiens. See also in- +‎ sufficient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt
• Hyphenation: in‧suf‧fi‧cient

Determiner

insufficient

1. An inadequate quantity of; not enough.

   Insufficient time is available to reflect on the problem.

2. (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is less than is needed.

   Insufficient of the building remains to determine its age.

Adjective

insufficient (comparative more insufficient, superlative most insufficient)

1. Not sufficient; of a type or kind that does not suffice, that does not satisfy requirements or needs.

   It is a necessary condition but an insufficient one.

2. Not sufficient; lacking competent power or ability; unqualified, unequal, unfit.
   • c. 1587–1588, [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:

     Brother Coſroe, I find my ſelfe agreeu’d,
     Yet inſufficient to expreſſe the ſame:
     For it requires a great and thundering ſpeech: […]

Synonyms

• unsufficient (uncommon)

Derived terms

• insufficiently
• principle of insufficient reason

Translations

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• Azerbaijani: kifayətsiz, çatışmaz, çatışmayan
• Belarusian: недастатко́вы (njedastatkóvy)
• Bulgarian: недоста́тъчен (bg) (nedostátǎčen)
• Catalan: insuficient (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不足 (zh) (bùzú), 不夠／不够 (zh) (bùgòu)

• Czech: nedostatečný (cs) m
• Finnish: riittämätön (fi), puutteellinen (fi), vajanainen
• French: insuffisant (fr)
• Galician: insuficiente
• Georgian: არასაკმარისი (arasaḳmarisi), არასაკმაო (arasaḳmao), უკმარი (uḳmari), ნაკლოვანი (naḳlovani)
• German: unzureichend (de), ungenügend (de)
• Greek: ανεπαρκής (el) (aneparkís)
• Hungarian: elégtelen (hu)
• Italian: insufficiente (it)
• Japanese: 不十分 (ja) (ふじゅうぶん, fujūbun), 不足な (ja) (ふそくな, fusoku na)
• Korean: 불충분하다 (ko) (bulchungbunhada), 부족하다 (ko) (bujokhada)
• Macedonian: недоволен (nedovolen)
• Polish: niewystarczający (pl) m
• Portuguese: insuficiente (pt)
• Romanian: insuficient (ro) m or n, neîndestulător (ro) m or n, nesuficient m or n
• Russian: недоста́точный (ru) (nedostátočnyj)
• Sanskrit: अपर्याप्त (sa) (aparyāpta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: недовољан

  Roman: nedovoljan (sh)

• Slovak: nedostatočný
• Slovene: nezadosten
• Spanish: insuficiente (es)
• Swedish: otillräcklig (sv)
• Ukrainian: недоста́тній (nedostátnij)