Insufficient — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt/.

Examples

insufficient funds

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

deficient

Antonyms

sufficient

Parts of Speech

adjective

of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

“insufficient funds”

Word Forms

insufficiency	noun	lack of an adequate quantity or number
deficiency	noun	lack of an adequate quantity or number

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unzureichend

einer Menge, die einen Bedarf oder eine Anforderung nicht erfüllen kann

🇫🇷French

insuffisant

d'une quantité incapable de satisfaire un besoin ou une exigence

🇪🇸Spanish

insuficiente

de una cantidad que no puede satisfacer una necesidad o requisito

🇮🇹Italian

insufficiente

di una quantità non in grado di soddisfare un bisogno o un requisito

🇳🇱Dutch

onvoldoende

van een hoeveelheid die niet aan een behoefte of eis kan voldoen

🇵🇹Portuguese

insuficiente

de uma quantidade incapaz de satisfazer uma necessidade ou exigência

🇷🇺Russian

недостаточный

количества, не способного удовлетворить потребность или требование

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नाकाफी

ऐसी मात्रा जो किसी आवश्यकता या आवश्यकता को पूरा करने में सक्षम न हो

🇧🇩Bengali

অপর্যাপ্ত

একটি পরিমাণ একটি প্রয়োজন বা প্রয়োজন পূরণ করতে সক্ষম নয়

🇮🇳Tamil

போதாது

ஒரு தேவை அல்லது தேவையை பூர்த்தி செய்ய முடியாத அளவு

🇮🇳Telugu

సరిపోదు

అవసరం లేదా అవసరాన్ని తీర్చలేని పరిమాణం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपुरा

गरज किंवा आवश्यकता पूर्ण करण्यास सक्षम नसलेल्या प्रमाणात

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપૂરતું

જરૂરિયાત અથવા જરૂરિયાતને પૂર્ણ કરવામાં સક્ષમ ન હોય તેવા જથ્થાનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಾಕಷ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ

ಅಗತ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗದ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പോരാ

ഒരു ആവശ്യമോ ആവശ്യകതയോ നിറവേറ്റാൻ കഴിയാത്ത ഒരു അളവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਕਾਫ਼ੀ

ਇੱਕ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ ਜਾਂ ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناکافی

ایک مقدار کی جو ضرورت یا ضرورت کو پورا کرنے کے قابل نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不足的

数量无法满足需要或要求

🇯🇵Japanese

不十分

ニーズや要件を満たすことができない量

🇰🇷Korean

불충분하다

필요나 요구 사항을 충족할 수 없는 수량

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không đủ

của một số lượng không thể đáp ứng nhu cầu hoặc yêu cầu

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่เพียงพอ

ในปริมาณที่ไม่สามารถสนองความต้องการหรือข้อกำหนดได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak memadai

dari suatu kuantitas yang tidak mampu memenuhi suatu kebutuhan atau persyaratan

🇵🇭Filipino

kulang

ng isang dami na hindi kayang tuparin ang isang pangangailangan o pangangailangan

🇲🇾Malay

tidak mencukupi

daripada kuantiti yang tidak dapat memenuhi keperluan atau keperluan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير كافٍ

بكمية غير قادرة على تلبية حاجة أو متطلبات

🇮🇷Persian

ناکافی

مقداری که قادر به برآوردن نیاز یا نیاز نیست

🇹🇷Turkish

yetersiz

bir ihtiyacı veya gereksinimi karşılayamayan bir miktarın

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא מַסְפִּיק

מכמות שאינה מסוגלת למלא צורך או דרישה

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