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Adverb
1. to an insufficient degree;
"he was insufficiently prepared"
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin insufficient-, insufficiens, from Latin in- + sufficient-, sufficiens sufficient
The first known use of insufficient was in the 14th century
insulinnoun
a hormone that is produced by the pancreas and is necessary for the normal use of glucose by the body
insulatornoun
one that insulatesespecially: a material that is a poor conductor of heat or electricity or a device made of such material
insulationnoun
the act of insulating : the state of being insulated
material used in insulating
insulateverb
to place in a detached situation : isolateespecially: to separate from conducting bodies by means of nonconductors so as to prevent transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
insulateverb
to place in a detached situation : isolateespecially: to separate from conducting bodies by means of nonconductors so as to prevent transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
insulateverb
to place in a detached situation : isolateespecially: to separate from conducting bodies by means of nonconductors so as to prevent transfer of electricity, heat, or sound
insularadjective
of, relating to, or forming an island
being isolated or detached
an insular building
not open to new or different ideas : narrow
an insular viewpoint
insularadjective
of, relating to, or forming an island
being isolated or detached
an insular building
not open to new or different ideas : narrow
an insular viewpoint
insularadjective
of, relating to, or forming an island
being isolated or detached
an insular building
not open to new or different ideas : narrow
an insular viewpoint
insufficientadjective
not sufficient : inadequate
1 She seems equally engaged by the real-life events and politics of the world she inhabits and its visual phenomena, especially those visual phenomena ignored or insufficiently considered by the rest of us.
2 He later joined the Theater Workshop, which produced “Oh What a Lovely War” over the objections of British authorities, who considered its portrayal of World War I carnage insufficiently heroic.
3 One of the major causes of anxiety is the fear that you are insufficiently prepared.
考试焦虑的原因之一就是担心自己准备得不够。
4 And the play never gets down and dirty by treating the present day: it's useful, entertaining but insufficiently disturbing.
5 She said an insufficiently cold winter used to occur every 15 years or so, but California has seen two in the past five winters, Jarvis-Shean said.
6 On the season knight appears insufficiently stable, but the playoff they still nearly eliminated Celts.
上赛季骑士显得不够稳定, 但季后赛他们仍然险些把凯尔特人淘汰.
7 The family’s love and mortification are evident between the lines of this book, but remain insufficiently explored.
8 Perhaps it’s a hazard tied to a subject, seeds, which are all about potential, but Ms. McLeod’s film feels naggingly diffuse and insufficiently vivid in evoking diversity.
9 But Chengdu's anti - aircraft constructs also insufficiently perfectly, the anti - aircraft strength quite is also weak "
但成都的 防空 建设还不够完善, 防空 力量还相当薄弱.
10 The choreography, for three dancers in velour bodysuits, is accurate but insufficiently exaggerated.
11 He was, they insist, inadequately educated, insufficiently travelled, and didn't know how to spell his own name.
12 Insufficiently specific requests that retrieve far more data than is necessary to fulfill the desired functionality.
请求不够具体,致使检索到的数据要比所需的数据多得多。
13 “Mirror Cells,” a presentation of sculptural works by five artists at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is a lively and engaging affair underpinned by an intriguing but insufficiently developed premise.
14 The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts.
15 There’s even some romantic spark between them that goes insufficiently explored.
16 The film, which won a Special Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, focuses on the ways in which he thinks the Middle East has been insufficiently depicted in film and the media.
17 Finding the school in Mansfield insufficiently challenging, Wilder, with her mother's consent, stayed home to educate herself.
在发现曼斯菲尔德的学校教的东西太过简单没有难度后,怀尔德,在她母亲的首肯下,留在了家里自学。
18 In response to objections that this was insufficiently respectful, Mr. Gehry replaced the child with Eisenhower as a 20-year-old West Point cadet and changed his depictions of two famous photographs into statues instead of bas-reliefs.
19 But Brown, an oncology and hospice nurse, experienced something else too — an uncontrollable anger and occasional urge for violence toward those in the medical system she deemed insufficiently caring and responsive to her unfortunate circumstances.
20 She has always been too self-involved and insufficiently self-aware to turn her life into art.