insufficiente

Interlingua

Adjective

insufficiente (not comparable)

  1. insufficient

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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

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