How to Use insufficient in a Sentence

insufficient

adjective

• The case was thrown out because of insufficient evidence.
• The plot is hurried, leaving the actors insufficient time to find their footing.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
• Government penalties for insufficient staffing are rare in the state of New York.
  — USA Today, 1 Dec. 2022
• There also was a wide variation in how many of those nursing homes received citations for insufficient staffing.
  — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2022
• The insurance market has not yet adjusted its pricing to reflect this shift, as there's insufficient data to predict long-term trends.
  — Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• White skin is a necessary (yet still insufficient) ingredient of perfection.
  — Time, 3 Dec. 2022
• In our current college-for-all system, Reeves sees insufficient motivation and aspiration in boys.
  — Ryan Craig, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• Fatal police shootings increase in the US, and yet, insufficient data is collected to understand the scope of the problem.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
• The event organizers were sued by families of the dead or wounded, who claimed that insufficient and negligent security had contributed to the deadly encounter.
  — Steve Marbleobituaries Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• But to be clear, the progress made is still insufficient.
  — Kimberly Bryant, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
• In short, the judge said there's insufficient evidence now to throw out the case.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• Hansen said the response from the state has been insufficient.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 23 Dec. 2022
• At times, when words seemed insufficient, Grey reached out to clasp Redmayne’s hand.
  — Michael Paulson Dana Scruggs, New York Times, 15 May 2024
• In March 2023, Roiland was cleared of the charges due to insufficient evidence.
  — Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
• Some of the cookies looked good enough; others had the telltale appearance of dough portions scraped from the sides of the bowl with insufficient flour.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
• But experts say the data is insufficient and there needs to be a more accurate tally of hate crimes in the U.S.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Two, the team’s depth had proved insufficient for much of the season even when Melvin was using the full allotment of players.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the court found the evidence was still insufficient.
  — Perry Vandell, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Our first order seemed to be a victim of insufficient staff training on the new menu item — there was no bacon in any of them.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• The goal of grow lights is to augment where natural light is insufficient.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
• In my reportage of the event, the five Ws of journalism—who, what, where, when and why—were clearly insufficient without a sixth one: Which species?
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Lane adds that now, those who have had to leave the industry due to insufficient wages, will be encouraged to return.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 May 2024
• And volumes are insufficient compared to the scale of suffering.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
• There is insufficient data on the other two groups to assess their status.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• At this time, there was insufficient evidence to move forward with the trial against the defendant.
  — The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
• There is also insufficient training for physicians about how to spot cancers on non-white skin.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 11 July 2023
• Avoid use at these times due to insufficient safety data.
  — Allison Herries, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
• The judges, though, found insufficient evidence to prove that she was involved before 2007.
  — Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
• Such slight variations are insufficient to explain the growth and subsequent retreat of massive ice sheets.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2024
• All criminal charges against Roiland were later dropped due to insufficient evidence.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024