insufficient
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Domestic consumption in China is weak, deflation is sticky, and Xi himself has called insufficient demand a strategic problem.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The real career killer for most mothers in the U.S. is insufficient access to high-quality, affordable childcare.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
The 66-year-old appeared before Lisburn Magistrates' Court on 2 May when his defence solicitor argued that there was insufficient evidence at this time to link him to most of the charges.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
About 1,500 people demonstrated in Venezuela on Friday, denouncing a 26 percent income increase announced by the government as grossly insufficient in a crisis-hit economy.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
A number twenty times that size still would have been woefully insufficient.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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