insufficient
/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənt/ particle B2- An inadequate quantity of; not enough. · Insufficient time is available to reflect on the problem.
- A quantity (of something) that is less than is needed. · Insufficient of the building remains to determine its age.
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The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession.
Had his first appearance, or his resemblance to the picture they had just been examining, been insufficient to assure the other two that they now saw Mr.
“I had,” said he, “come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data.
Even the knowledge that he had succeeded where the police of three countries had failed, and that he had outmanœuvred at every point the most accomplished swindler in Europe, was insufficient to rouse him from his nervous prostration.
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