insufficient

Questions about insufficient

What does insufficient mean?

insufficient means "of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement".

How many syllables are in insufficient?

insufficient has 4 syllables: in-suf-fic-ient. The stress falls on "fic". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/.

What is another word for insufficient?

Close synonyms include deficient. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of insufficient?

The recorded antonyms are sufficient.

Is insufficient a common word?

insufficient is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insufficient?

8 words rhyme with insufficient. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.