Definition of insufficient

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Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..

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Understock :: Understock (v. t.) To supply insufficiently with stock.
Unsufficient :: Unsufficient (a.) Insufficient.
Insufficiency :: Insufficiency (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc..
Venous :: Venous (a.) Contained in the veins, or having the same qualities as if contained in the veins, that is, having a dark bluish color and containing an insufficient amount of oxygen so as no longer to be fit for oxygenating the tissues; -- said of the blood, and opposed to arterial..
Insufficiently :: Insufficiently (adv.) In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water..
Underhanded :: Underhanded (a.) Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.
Underfeed :: Underfeed (v. t.) To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.
Underdose :: Underdose (v. t. & i.) To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.
Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there..
Inadequate :: Inadequate (a.) Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc..
Skimp :: Skimp (v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Cold-shut :: Cold-shut (n.) An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds..
Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..
Underfurnish :: Underfurnish (v. t.) To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
Inadequacy :: Inadequacy (n.) The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
Half-read :: Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
Underdo :: Underdo (v. t.) To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo..
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