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insufficiently

/ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃəntɫi/ adv

Not sufficiently.

Word Origin Built from Latin sufficere 'to make enough' — insufficiently is when something falls short. The negative prefix in- plus sufficient, from sub- 'under' + facere 'to make,' literally 'not making up to the mark.' The same facere root gives us manufacture, artifact, and benefactor.

adv Not sufficiently.

The problem was insufficiently addressed in the initial report.

(副词) 不足地；不充分地

这个问题在初步报告中未得到充分处理。

(adverbio) insuficientemente; de manera insuficiente [De manera insuficiente.]

El problema fue abordado de manera insuficiente en el informe inicial.

(adverbe) insuffisamment; pas assez [De manière insuffisante ; pas assez.]

Le problème a été traité de façon insuffisante dans le rapport initial.

(Adverb) unzureichend; ungenügend [in einem Ausmaß, das nicht ausreicht oder den Anforderungen nicht genügt.]

Das Problem wurde im ersten Bericht **insufficiently** behandelt.

(副詞) 不十分に、足りなく

その問題は最初の報告書で十分に扱われていなかった。

(advérbio) insuficientemente; de modo insuficiente; de forma insuficiente [Não suficientemente.]

O problema foi **insuficientemente** abordado no relatório inicial.

Synonyms: inadequately unsatisfactorily poorly scantily deficiently incompletely meagerly imperfectly Antonyms: sufficiently adequately enough abundantly

Common collocations

be verb to prep in prep of prep for prep have verb full adj habitation subst furnish verb by prep often adv on prep

Related words

sufficient insufficiency sufficiency suffice

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