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insufficient

[in-suh-fish-uhnt] / ˌɪn səˈfɪʃ ənt /


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More than 80% of its members believe staffing levels are insufficient to meet patient needs, while many have seen colleagues leave the NHS because workloads have become increasingly overwhelming, it said.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

On Monday, he said a temporary ceasefire proposal being circulated was insufficient.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

He contended that the evidence at trial was insufficient to sustain the conviction or to show that the proper venue for the trial was Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It warned it had "insufficient funds" to deliver a far more extensive plan to restore the landscape, which had previously been agreed.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

As for Olmsted, Burnham was struck by the slightness of his frame, which seemed structurally insufficient to support so massive a skull.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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