Insufficient

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insufficient \In`suf*fi"cient\, a. [L. insufficiens, -entis. See
     {In-} not, and {Sufficient}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use,
        or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in
        quantity, and defective in quality. "Insufficient for His


        praise." --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill;
        incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient
        to discharge the duties of an office.
  
     Syn: Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit;
          incompetent; incapable; inefficient.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insufficient
       adj : of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
             "insufficient funds" [syn: {deficient}] [ant: {sufficient}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "insufficient":
     asymmetric, base, defective, deficient, disappointing,
     disheartening, disparate, displeasing, disproportionate,
     dissatisfactory, failing, found wanting, half-assed, ill-matched,
     ill-sorted, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent,
     incomplete, inferior, irregular, lacking, little, maladroit, mean,
     mediocre, minus, mismatched, not comparable, not enough,
     not good enough, not in it, odd, out of it, out of proportion,
     petty, scant, scanty, scarce, shabby, short, short of, shy, skew,
     skewed, small, too little, trivial, unequal, unequal to, uneven,
     unfulfilling, ungratifying, unqualified, unreached, unsatisfactory,
     unsatisfying, unskillful, unsufficing, wanting