Both Uses of
sufficient
in
The Hunger Games
- After about an hour, I find a stream, shallow but wide, and more than sufficient for my needs.
p. 198.8 *sufficient = adequate
- Most of the woods will offer insufficient cover.
p. 223.5insufficient = inadequate (not enough)standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insufficient means not and reverses the meaning of sufficient. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Definition:
adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)