insufficient
adjective
[ ɪnsəˈfɪʃ(ə)nt ]
• not enough; inadequate.
• "there was insufficient evidence to convict him"
Similar:
inadequate,
not enough,
too little,
too few,
too small,
deficient,
poor,
scant,
scanty,
scarce,
sparse,
short,
in short supply,
at a premium,
lacking,
wanting,
paltry,
meagre,
skimpy,
sketchy,
incomplete,
restricted,
limited,
measly,
pathetic,
piddling,
exiguous,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘incapable, incompetent’): via Old French from late Latin insufficient- ‘not sufficing’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin sufficere (see suffice).
