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insuficiente

insufficient

adjective een-soo-fee-SYEHN-teh Less Common
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Also means

inadequate

Usage Note

Insuficiente is also used as a noun in Spanish grading: a suspenso (fail) mark is sometimes labelled insuficiente on school report cards, below suficiente (barely passing). As an adjective it is invariable for gender. The noun form is insuficiencia, common in medical language (insuficiencia cardíaca = cardiac insufficiency / heart failure).

Examples

"El presupuesto es insuficiente para el proyecto."

Natural Translation

The budget is insufficient for the project.

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