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insufficiently

/ˌɪnsəfˈɪʃəntli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables
in-suf-fi-cient-ly
IPA
/ˌɪnsəfˈɪʃəntli/
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Not sufficiently.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From insufficient + -ly or in- + sufficiently.

Inflected Forms

more insufficiently (comparative) most insufficiently (superlative)

Derived Forms

haploinsufficiently

Rhymes With

sufficiently efficiently inefficiently

Questions

How do you pronounce insufficiently?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnsəfˈɪʃəntli/.
What does insufficiently mean?
Not sufficiently.
Where does insufficiently come from?
From insufficient + -ly or in- + sufficiently.

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