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Inadequate

Inadequate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inadequate? [adj] (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job" [adj] not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inadequate: deficient \| incapable \| incompetent \| insufficient \| lacking(p) \| poor \| short \| short-handed \| short-staffed \| undermanned \| understaffed \| unequal to(p) \| wanting(p) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inadequate: adulterated \| arrested \| asymmetric \| barren \| base \| blemished \| bootless \| callow \| counterproductive \| damaged \| defective \| deficient \| disappointing \| disheartening \| disparate \| displeasing \| disproportionate \| dissatisfactory \| effete \| emasculate \| embryonic \| empty \| erroneous \| etiolated \| failing \| fallible \| fatuitous \| fatuous \| faulty \| feckless \| forceless \| found wanting \| fruitless \| futile \| half-assed \| hypoplastic \| ill-matched \| ill-qualified \| ill-sorted \| immature \| impaired \| imperfect \| impotent \| imprecise \| impure \| in arrear \| in arrears \| in default \| in short supply \| inaccurate \| inane \| inappreciable \| incapable \| incommensurate \| incompetent \| incomplete \| inconsiderable \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| inefficacious \| inexact \| infant \| inferior \| inoperative \| insufficient \| invalid \| invertebrate \| irregular \| lacking \| little \| makeshift \| maladjusted \| maladroit \| mean \| mediocre \| minus \| mismatched \| missing \| mixed \| needing \| not comparable \| not enough \| not equal to \| not good enough \| not in it \| not perfect \| not up to \| nugacious \| nugatory \| odd \| of no force \| off \| out of it \| out of proportion \| part \| partial \| patchy \| petty \| scant \| scanty \| scarce \| scrappy \| scrimpy \| shabby \| short \| short of \| shy \| sketchy \| skew \| skewed \| skimpy \| small \| spineless \| sterile \| too little \| trivial \| unable \| unadapted \| unadjusted \| unavailing \| underdeveloped \| undeveloped \| unequal \| unequal to \| unequipped \| uneven \| unfinished \| unfit \| unfitted \| unfulfilling \| ungratifying \| unperfected \| unqualified \| unreached \| unsatisfactory \| unsatisfying \| unskillful \| unsound \| unsufficing \| unthorough \| useless \| vain \| wanting \| weak See Also \| unsatisfactory Inadequate In Webster's Dictionary \Inad"equate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inad['e]quat.] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {Inad"equately}, adv. -- {Inad"equateness}, n.

Inadequate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inadequate?

[adj] (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"
[adj] not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

See Also | unsatisfactory

Inadequate In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
inad['e]quat.]
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {In*ad"e*quate*ly}, adv.
-- {In*ad"e*quate*ness}, n.

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