No. 4,474 in French

insuffisants

"Insuffisants" means "insufficient" or "not enough."

In a sentence

Les fonds disponibles pour ce projet sont insuffisants.
The funds available for this project are insufficient.
The word "insuffisants" is used to describe the quantity of available funds being inadequate for the project's needs.
Les résultats obtenus étaient insuffisants pour que nous passions à l'étape suivante.
The results obtained were insufficient for us to move to the next step.
Here, "insuffisants" qualifies the adequacy of the results in meeting a specific requirement.
Les efforts déployés étaient insuffisants pour résoudre le problème.
The efforts made were insufficient to solve the problem.
In this instance, "insuffisants" refers to the magnitude of efforts being less than what is required to solve the stated problem.

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