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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSUFFI'CIENT, a. [in and sufficient.]
1. Not sufficient; inadequate to any need, use or purpose. The provisions are insufficient in quantity and defective in quality.
2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, or skill; incapable; unfit; as a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant: sufficient]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin insufficient-, insufficiens, from Latin in- + sufficient-, sufficiens sufficient Date: 14th century not sufficient ; inadequate <insufficient funds>; especially lacking adequate power, capacity, or competence <insufficient bandwidth> • insufficiently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not sufficient; inadequate. Derivatives: insufficiently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL insufficiens (as IN-(1), SUFFICIENT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Insufficient In`suf*fi"cient, a. [L. insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and Sufficient.] 1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality. ``Insufficient for His praise.'' --Cowper. 2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office. Syn: Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit; incompetent; incapable; inefficient.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is insufficient is not large enough in amount or degree for a particular purpose. (FORMAL) He decided there was insufficient evidence to justify criminal proceedings... = inadequate ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n • insufficiency Late miscarriages are usually not due to hormonal insufficiency. N-UNCOUNT • insufficiently Food that is insufficiently cooked can lead to food poisoning. ADV: ADV adj/-ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Inadequate, incompetent, deficient. 2. Unsuited, unfitted, incapable, unqualified.

Moby Thesaurus

asymmetric, base, defective, deficient, disappointing, disheartening, disparate, displeasing, disproportionate, dissatisfactory, failing, found wanting, half-assed, ill-matched, ill-sorted, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inferior, irregular, lacking, little, maladroit, mean, mediocre, minus, mismatched, not comparable, not enough, not good enough, not in it, odd, out of it, out of proportion, petty, scant, scanty, scarce, shabby, short, short of, shy, skew, skewed, small, too little, trivial, unequal, unequal to, uneven, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unqualified, unreached, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unskillful, unsufficing, wanting