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insufficient

[in-suh-fish-uhnt] / ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ənt /


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The DOE is also expected to provide uranium for reactor fuel where “commercial sources are insufficient or unavailable.”

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Repression is a necessary but insufficient condition for the regime to survive the current economic meltdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The investigation was closed in 2019 after prosecutors decided there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

This was later raised to about 520,000 naira after protests but she says this was insufficient to secure alternative housing.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Tom Gehrels, an asteroid hunter at the University of Arizona, thinks that even a year’s warning would probably be insufficient to take appropriate action.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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