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INSUFFICIENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does insufficiently mean?
• INSUFFICIENTLY (adverb)
The adverb INSUFFICIENTLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: INSUFFICIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
To an insufficient degree
Context example:
he was insufficiently prepared
Antonym:
sufficiently (to a sufficient degree)
Pertainym:
insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)
Context examples
A disorder characterized by insufficiently healthy hematapoietic cell production by the bone marrow.
(Myelodysplastic syndrome, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Issue associated with device or device parts being insufficiently cool in device active (working) or/and non-active (non-working) state.
(Insufficient Cooling Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
I know that I lounged about the streets, insufficiently and unsatisfactorily fed.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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