insufficiently

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Recent Examples of insufficiently Or… 2) Miami is insufficiently impressed and spends its likely very high 2027 first-round draft pick on a QB with the clear intent for the rookie to soon replace Willis. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026 Especially exciting to him was the German student movement, which combined support for liberation across the non-Western world with attacks on what the students considered the suffocating (and still insufficiently de-Nazified) Federal Republic. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026 The government may not decide that Church teaching is insufficiently religious, insufficiently consistent with Catholic doctrine, or insufficiently compelling to justify an ecclesiastical policy. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 The order also authorizes the Justice Department to challenge state vaccine regulations deemed insufficiently respectful of parental objections. The Week Us, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026 Similar ads released in recent months accuse Moulton of being insufficiently progressive compared to Markey, a co-author of the Green New Deal, who’s seeking a third term in the Senate. Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026 Xavier’s anger with his father flared further when Gene was, in Xavier’s view, insufficiently supportive of attempts to reunite with his mother and help her. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026 Yet many still fail to reach their full potential because the directors are insufficiently engaged, inadequately challenged or possibly confined to narrow definitions of their role. James Langabeer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The university determined that Verster was insufficiently transparent because he had been paid through his own company for studies that cited his university affiliation. Ashley Okwuosa, STAT, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiently
Adverb
  • Beatty has challenged the board’s plan to close the Kennedy Center for two years, arguing its initial decision was rushed and inadequately considered.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In the last decade and a half, a carrousel of feuding political factions took turns governing, all inadequately.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • But advocates of more protective parenting argue free-range parenting increases the risk children encounter danger and, in some cases, can result in neglect when children are improperly supervised.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI accused DeepSeek of using data improperly, Google claimed attackers tried to clone Gemini, and Anthropic suggested that Alibaba should be criminally punished for allegedly launching the largest-ever cloning attack on Claude.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The complaint says church officials knew Marroquin was communicating inappropriately with underage girls.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Officials from both governments have traded barbs in recent weeks over whether China has been inappropriately stealing AI trade secrets.
    Kevin Collier, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Insufficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficiently. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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