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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

insufficiently en · ADV

Etymology

From insufficient + -ly or in- + sufficiently.

Meanings

  1. Not sufficiently.
    • The machine was decommissioned because it was producing widgets insufficiently.
    • Mr. Tygart, who came to prominence for successfully pursuing doping cases against the track star Marion Jones and the cyclist Lance Armstrong, has long contended that WADA is insufficiently dedicated to holding dopers and their enablers to account. 2024 July 25, Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja, “How a U.S. Antidoping Law Fueled Global Tensions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2024:

Forms

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most insufficiently Degree=Sup lexicographic
more insufficiently Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

haploinsufficiently

Translations (16)

la parum (not sufficiently) · it insufficientemente (not sufficiently) · es insuficientemente (not sufficiently) · ru недоста́точно (not sufficiently) · bg недоста́тъчно (not sufficiently) · be недастатко́ва (not sufficiently) · gl insuficientemente (not sufficiently) · pt insuficientemente (not sufficiently) · el ανεπαρκώς (not sufficiently) · fr insuffisamment (not sufficiently) · ca insuficientment (not sufficiently) · uk недоста́тньо (not sufficiently) · sv otillräckligt (not sufficiently) · pl niewystarczająco (not sufficiently) · de ungenügend (not sufficiently) · pl niedostatecznie (not sufficiently)