Quantity

Synonyms for insufficient

The synonym for insufficient recorded in this bank is inadequate, in the sense "not enough in amount to meet a need". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for insufficient

inadequateadjective, in the sense "not enough in amount to meet a need"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and insufficient carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineQuantity

not enough in amount to meet a need

The funding proved insufficient to finish the bridge before winter.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

inadequate

Same sentence, swapped: The funding proved inadequate to finish the bridge before winter.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for insufficient in the sentence quoted.

unpopular
risky
delayed

Where insufficient turns up in the game

insufficient is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where insufficient is the trap

defectiveadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is faulty, in the sense "having a defect", and insufficient is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play insufficient

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so insufficient reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other quantity words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

meageradjectiveskimpysmall in amount; barely sufficientTreelineHas a reason line neighborhoodnounregionthe approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in 'in the region of')TreelineHas a reason line paucitynounscarcitythe presence of something in only small or insufficient quantitiesTreelineHas a reason line productionnounyieldthe quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time)TreelineHas a reason line sprinklingnounscatteringa small number (of something) dispersed haphazardlyHigh CampHas a reason line stacksnounlotsa large number or amountRidgeline steeplyadverbprecipitouslyat a rapid, sharp rate of increase or decrease in amountRidgelineHas a reason line transientadjectivetemporarylasting only for a short time; not permanentTreelineHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. insufficient carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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