How to Use insufficient in a Sentence
insufficient
adjective- The case was thrown out because of insufficient evidence.
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But to be clear, the progress made is still insufficient.
—Kimberly Bryant, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
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In short, the judge said there's insufficient evidence now to throw out the case.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
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Hansen said the response from the state has been insufficient.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 23 Dec. 2022
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The mass of the Cheerios is insufficient to break the milk's surface tension.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2022
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That appeared to be insufficient to dissuade the justices, who agreed to hear the case last month.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
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Too many might come across as creepy; too few would be insufficient.
—Csaba Toth, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
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At the time, there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone in the case.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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That seems insufficient to govern Syria, or to control the many armed groups that may swim in HTS’s wake.
—Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
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At times, when words seemed insufficient, Grey reached out to clasp Redmayne’s hand.
—Michael Paulson Dana Scruggs, New York Times, 15 May 2024
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In March 2023, Roiland was cleared of the charges due to insufficient evidence.
—Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
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Both Galea and Lowe say that there is still insufficient research on the impacts of mass shootings.
—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 6 June 2022
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Some of the cookies looked good enough; others had the telltale appearance of dough portions scraped from the sides of the bowl with insufficient flour.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
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But experts say the data is insufficient and there needs to be a more accurate tally of hate crimes in the U.S.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
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Two, the team’s depth had proved insufficient for much of the season even when Melvin was using the full allotment of players.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
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But the court found the evidence was still insufficient.
—Perry Vandell, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
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Our first order seemed to be a victim of insufficient staff training on the new menu item — there was no bacon in any of them.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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The goal of grow lights is to augment where natural light is insufficient.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
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In my reportage of the event, the five Ws of journalism—who, what, where, when and why—were clearly insufficient without a sixth one: Which species?
—Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
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Government penalties for insufficient staffing are rare in the state of New York.
—USA Today, 1 Dec. 2022
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The number is increasing and the resources are insufficient to meet the demand.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Harrison wants players who approach the game the way the late Kobe Bryant did, and anything else is insufficient.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
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The result was insufficient staffing and low quality of care, the lawsuit said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2022
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Cox did not respond to a question about what the nature of the insufficient evidence was.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2022
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Doesn't this show that this is an insufficient solution to the problem?
—CBS News, 29 May 2022
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Critics say some aspects of the new law that allows adults to change their gender are insufficient.
—Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2022
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Players took the stance that all those figures were insufficient.
—Ronald Blum, Chron, 1 Mar. 2022
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By cutting off these waivers June 30, schools will have insufficient funds for summer programs and for next school year.
—Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022
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The traditional pillars of education — reading, writing and arithmetic — have not merely been sidelined; they are now regularly diminished as outdated or insufficient in the face of more fashionable trends.
—William P. Yeakel, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
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But numerous academic experts and medical professionals believe those moves, while well intended, have been scattershot and insufficient.
—Bernard J. Wolfson and Vanessa G. Sánchez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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