Sentence examples for painfully insufficient from inspiring English sources

But the Mets' slender advantage — from Ike Davis's run-scoring single off Julio Teheran in the fourth inning — proved painfully insufficient.

But the videos the city released indicated in painfully clear detail that issues that have plagued the department — including insufficient training and tactical blunders leading to questionable uses of force — remain unresolved.

With truly insufficient wages for mineworkers (they only earned $1.33 and a cup of rice), it became painfully clear that not only could they not provide for themselves but also not for their respective families.

Insufficient emotion.

Progress is painfully slow.

Painfully honest.

Insufficient evidence.

— insufficient consciousness.

Painfully so.

Painfully overpriced.

They died painfully.