INSUFFICIENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insufficiently mean? 

• INSUFFICIENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb INSUFFICIENTLY has 1 sense:

1. to an insufficient degree

  Familiarity information: INSUFFICIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSUFFICIENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To an insufficient degree

Context example:

he was insufficiently prepared

Antonym:

sufficiently (to a sufficient degree)

Pertainym:

insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by insufficiently healthy hematapoietic cell production by the bone marrow.

(Myelodysplastic syndrome, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Issue associated with device or device parts being insufficiently cool in device active (working) or/and non-active (non-working) state.

(Insufficient Cooling Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

I know that I lounged about the streets, insufficiently and unsatisfactorily fed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)