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insufficent

insufficent is the misspelling of insufficient.

Meaning of insufficient

Adjective

insufficient (comparative more insufficient, superlative most insufficient)

  1. Not sufficient; of a type or kind that does not suffice, that does not satisfy requirements or needs.
    • an insufficient amount
  2. Not sufficient; lacking competent power or ability; unqualified, unequal, unfit.
    • Brother Coſroe, I find my ſelfe agreeu’d,
      Yet inſufficient to expreſſe the ſame:
      For it requires a great and thundering ſpeech: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    unsufficient

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Questions about insufficent

What is insufficent the misspelling of?
Insufficent is the misspelling of insufficient.

Words near insufficent in the dictionary

  1. insuetude
  2. insufferability
  3. insufferable
  4. insufferableness
  5. insufferably
  6. insufficent
  7. insufficiantly
  8. insufficience
  9. insufficiencies
  10. insufficiency
  11. insufficient

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insufficent (page history and authors); insufficient (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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