Insufficient
Insufficient adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Usage example: there's been an insufficient number of volunteers for the job, so I'll have to select someone
Nearby Words: insufficiency, insufficiently
Sufficient
Sufficient adjective - Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant.
Usage example: sufficient food
Both words in one sentence
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Oregon is so sheltered and spoiled, that when a cash machine displays "Insufficient Funds", she thinks it means the bank does not have sufficient funds to pay her.
Source: Series / Fresh Meat -
Even if the report of harassment by telephone is insufficient to support a criminal conviction, the pattern of calls may, if made by particular individuals, be sufficient to support entry of a restraining order forbidding the person in question for making calls.
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Secondly, district leaders in the (now-overburdened) districts the Jews were deported to would then be forced to choose between risking rebellion (through insufficient rations), running at a budgetary loss (through sufficient rations), or direct euthanasia.
Source: Film / Conspiracy
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