Part 5931

<h1>Insufferable</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In*suf"fer*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Incapable of being suffered, borne, or endured; insupportable; unendurable; intolerable; <as>as, <ex>insufferable</ex> heat, cold, or pain; <ex>insufferable</ex> wrongs.</as></def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Offensive beyond endurance; detestable.</def>

<blockquote>A multitude of scribblers who daily pester the world with their <b>insufferable</b> stuff. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insufferably</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In*suf"fer*a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a manner or to a degree beyond endurance; intolerably; <as>as, a blaze <ex>insufferably</ex> bright; a person <ex>insufferably</ex> proud.</as></def>

<h1>Insufficience</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`suf*fi"cience</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Insufficiency.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Insufficiency</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`suf*fi"cien*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insufficientia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insuffisance</ets>, whence OE. <ets>insuffisance</ets>. See <er>Insufficient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; <as>as, the <ex>insufficiency</ex> of provisions, of an excuse, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>insufficiency</b> of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; <as>as, the <ex>insufficiency</ex> of a man for an office</as>.</def>

<h1>Insufficient</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`suf*fi"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insufficiens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Sufficient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; <as>as, the provisions are <ex>insufficient</ex> in quantity, and defective in quality</as>.</def> "<i>Insufficient</i> for His praise."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; <as>as, a person <ex>insufficient</ex> to discharge the duties of an office</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit; incompetent; incapable; inefficient.</syn>

<h1>Insufficiently</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`suf*fi"cient*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.</def>

<h1>Insufflation</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In`suf*fla"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insuffatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>insuffation</ets>. See <er>In-</er> in, and <er>Sufflation</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of breathing on or into anything</def>; especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.</def>

<h1>Insuitable</h1> <Xpage=772>

<hw>In*suit"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unsuitable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>In*suit`a*bil"i*ty</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Insular</h1> <Xpage=772>