Synonyms of insufficiently

insufficiently

adverb

as in inadequately

Related Words

• inadequately
• improperly
• inappropriately
• wrongly
• incorrectly
• mistakenly
• unpromisingly
• faultily
• badly
• awry
• wrong
• astray
• afield
• amiss

Dissimilar Words

• well
• perfectly
• right
• properly
• favorably
• correctly
• aright
• rightly
• appropriately
• suitably
• promisingly
• auspiciously
• fittingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of insufficiently

Internal pressure gave the missile its structural rigidity, meaning the vehicle could buckle if insufficiently pressurized. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026

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