the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose.
adj. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required; deficient in amount, force, or fitness; inadequate; incompetent: as, insufficient provision or protection; insufficient motives.
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adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Word Usage
"House members worry about the - what they term insufficient - level of federal subsidies the Senate version would offer the uninsured and an excise tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance policies."