adv
Meaning 1
Not sufficiently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The machine was decommissioned because it was producing widgets insufficiently.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insufficiently
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adverb
Meaning 2
to an insufficient degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was insufficiently prepared
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: sufficiently
History
Etymology
From insufficient + -ly or in- + sufficiently.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: недастатко́ва (njedastatkóva) — not sufficiently
- Bulgarian: недоста́тъчно (nedostátǎčno) — not sufficiently
- Catalan: insuficientment — not sufficiently
- French: insuffisamment — not sufficiently
- Galician: insuficientemente — not sufficiently
- German: ungenügend — not sufficiently
- Greek: ανεπαρκώς (aneparkós) — not sufficiently
- Italian: insufficientemente — not sufficiently
- Latin: parum — not sufficiently
- Polish: niewystarczająco — not sufficiently
- Polish: niedostatecznie — not sufficiently
- Portuguese: insuficientemente — not sufficiently
- Russian: недоста́точно (nedostátočno) — not sufficiently
- Spanish: insuficientemente — not sufficiently
- Swedish: otillräckligt — not sufficiently
- Ukrainian: недоста́тньо (nedostátnʹo) — not sufficiently
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