Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
INSUFFICIENTLY
insufficiently
(adverb) to an insufficient degree; “he was insufficiently prepared”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
insufficiently (comparative more insufficiently, superlative most insufficiently)
not sufficiently
Source: Wiktionary
In`suf*fi"cient*ly, adv.
Definition: In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately.
INSUFFICIENT
In`suf*fi"cient, a. Etym: [L. insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and Sufficient.]
1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality. "Insufficient for His praise." Cowper.
2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office.
Syn.
– Inadequate; scanty; incommensurate; unequal; unfit; incompetent; incapable; inefficient.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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