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insufficiente

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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insufficiente (not comparable)

  1. insufficient
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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin īnsufficientem. Cognate with Friulian insuficient, Piedmontese insuficent.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /in.suf.fiˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: in‧suf‧fi‧cièn‧te

Adjective

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insufficiente (plural insufficienti)

  1. insufficient, inadequate, not enough, unfit
    Synonyms: poco, inadeguato, insoddisfacente, scarso
    Antonym: sufficiente
  2. (education) fail, below the pass mark, low mark, poor
    Antonym: abbastanza

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • insufficiente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana