Insufficient Definition & Meaning

inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina

no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate

lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin

with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" of comparatively little physical weight or density

in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low" less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war

only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit

quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"