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Etymology

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From insufficient +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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insufficiently (comparative more insufficiently, superlative most insufficiently)

  1. Not sufficiently.
    The machine was decommissioned because it was producing widgets insufficiently.
    • 2024 July 25, Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja, “How a U.S. Antidoping Law Fueled Global Tensions”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Tygart, who came to prominence for successfully pursuing doping cases against the track star Marion Jones and the cyclist Lance Armstrong, has long contended that WADA is insufficiently dedicated to holding dopers and their enablers to account.

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