insufficient
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The inquest heard a grand jury in the US had determined there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone in connection with Lucy's death.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Supplements may be useful when dietary intake is insufficient or osteoporosis is present, but excessive intake should be avoided.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
"It didn't limit student use of AI in any way -- so, completely insufficient, inadequate."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“The Board appears to have founded its March 16 closure vote on woefully insufficient information.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
If there is less than a certain critical amount of matter in the universe, the gravitation of the receding galaxies will be insufficient to stop the expansion, and the universe will run away forever.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing insufficient
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Bridge to Terabithia
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