not large, strong or important enough for a particular purpose synonym inadequate不充分的;不足的;不够重要的 insufficient time 时间不够 The management paid insufficient attention to working conditions. 管理层对工作条件不够重视。 There are fears that the existing flood barrier may prove insufficient. 人们担心现有的防洪屏障可能不够用。 I’m afraid we have insufficient evidence. 恐怕我们证据不足。 - insufficient to do something
His salary is insufficient to meet his needs. 他的薪水不够应付需要。 - insufficient for something
The plan was to refurbish the whole building but the funds raised were insufficient for the purpose. 计划是整修整栋大楼,但筹集的资金不足以达到目的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘incapable, incompetent’): via Old French from late Latin insufficient- ‘not sufficing’, from in- ‘not’ + Latin sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’ (from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’).