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Recent Examples of insufficiently
But the campaign against Good is different—because The Homeland takes particular and perverse interest in women deemed insufficiently reverent of hearth and home.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
These rules would otherwise allow other countries to impose top-up taxes when profits are insufficiently taxed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
That usually happens when an actor appears overly controlled or insufficiently guided—either sealed tight or unhinged.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The goal is to agree on a conservation and dam-operations deal to last 20 years and replace a 2007 set of guidelines that have proven insufficiently austere to preserve reservoir storage in the face of 25 years of regional aridification.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Those who have recently fallen into homelessness and, with temporary support, have the greatest chance of achieving self-sufficiency are typically deemed insufficiently vulnerable.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Hollis was curious and nosy enough to have learned of Anders’s plan to retire from one field but insufficiently curious to learn what was next.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Semafor first reported the withdrawal of Isaacman's nomination on Saturday afternoon, after which other publications confirmed the news and ran the same statement from the White House, which implies that Isaacman had been judged insufficiently MAGA for the job.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
These rules would otherwise allow other countries to impose top-up taxes when profits are insufficiently taxed.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
That usually happens when an actor appears overly controlled or insufficiently guided—either sealed tight or unhinged.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The goal is to agree on a conservation and dam-operations deal to last 20 years and replace a 2007 set of guidelines that have proven insufficiently austere to preserve reservoir storage in the face of 25 years of regional aridification.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Officials in Brussels, Berlin, and Paris viewed early proposals as overly concessive to Moscow, insufficiently safeguarding Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity — particularly regarding Donbas, Crimea, and possible concessions beyond current lines of control.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2026
Those who have recently fallen into homelessness and, with temporary support, have the greatest chance of achieving self-sufficiency are typically deemed insufficiently vulnerable.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
Hollis was curious and nosy enough to have learned of Anders’s plan to retire from one field but insufficiently curious to learn what was next.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Semafor first reported the withdrawal of Isaacman's nomination on Saturday afternoon, after which other publications confirmed the news and ran the same statement from the White House, which implies that Isaacman had been judged insufficiently MAGA for the job.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiently
Adverb
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Scally had already struggled after dealing inadequately with a cross, which let the high-flying visitors score their first.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The attorney general's office also said, because the district did not show how the plaintiffs could only inadequately represent them, intervention of right was not an available option, and that intervention would unnecessarily prolong the case.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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In August 2024, federal prosecutors accused JMG Investments and Schwartz of improperly receiving two PPP loans in December 2020 and not repaying the duplicate loan as required, according to the DOJ.—
Andrea Klick,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Police further said that the gun used in the shooting had been improperly stored, ultimately enabling the child to obtain it, per the outlets.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Noone admitted in court to touching the teen inappropriately by rubbing and grabbing the teen’s butt, kissing her arm and rubbing her thigh, according to the Times.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kevin Dale Westerhold, 51, was taken into custody Tuesday following reports of a partially nude man behaving inappropriately at the Windsor Hills Resort vacation home rental community in Kissimmee, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Insufficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficiently. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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