insufficiently

Adverb

Meaning

In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

half slightly somewhat partly partial poorly badly barely hardly incorrectly moderately halfway sparsely scarcely wrongly

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Antonyms

sufficiently spang all well right enough

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Phrases with the word

expose insufficiently do insufficiently consume insufficiently feed insufficiently cook insufficiently

Examples

Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced. Gregory Benford

The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs. Konrad Zuse

Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit. Miyamoto Musashi

Orthodox Modern architects have tended to recognize complexity insufficiently or inconsistently. In their attempt to break with tradition and start all over again, they idealized the primitive and elementary at the expense of the diverse and the sophisticated. Robert Venturi

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. Arthur C. Clarke

My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Close letter words and terms

insufficient sleep insufficient sperm amount insufficient understanding insufflate insufflated insufflation