Insufficient in Malayalam
Insufficient is പോരാത്ത (poratha) in Malayalam, used of whatever falls short of what is needed. It stands before the noun, as in insufficient water or insufficient time.
Most common translation
Which is short of or insufficient.
വീട് പണിയാൻ പോരാത്ത പണം അവൻ കടം വാങ്ങി.
veedu paniyaan poratha panam avan kadam vaangi.
He borrowed the money that was short for building the house.
All Malayalam words for “insufficient”
- പോരാത്ത (poratha) — Which is short of or insufficient.
- അപര്യാപ്തത (aparyapthatha) — Insufficient, inadequacy.
പോരാത്ത (poratha) is the adjective for falling short, whereas അപര്യാപ്തത (aparyapthatha) is the abstract noun, the inadequacy itself.
Common questions
How do you say insufficient in Malayalam?
പോരാത്ത (poratha) is the adjective to use.
How do I say inadequacy?
അപര്യാപ്തത (aparyapthatha) names the condition.