inadequate

[ in-ad-i-kwit ]

/ ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt /

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adjective

not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.

Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.

Origin of inadequate

First recorded in 1665–75; in-³ + adequate

SYNONYMS FOR inadequate

1 inapt, incompetent; incommensurate; defective, imperfect, incomplete.

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ANTONYMS FOR inadequate

1 sufficient.

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OTHER WORDS FROM inadequate

in·ad·e·quate·ly, adverb

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Example sentences from the Web for inadequate

Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

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There was also the question of inadequate protective gear and insufficient instruction.

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“There was a sense the response had been inadequate and slow,” Reed says.

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The union said it had previously raised concerns about low staffing levels and inadequate inmate security levels.

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The state of childcare in this nation goes from inadequate to deplorable, even as compared to the child care centers of the 1940s.

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Contrivance and expedient presented themselves,—all inadequate to the emergency.

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Language is inadequate to describe what I felt in rising continually upwards through this bright and luminous atmosphere.

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Now, if we had an alphabet that was adequate and competent, instead of inadequate and incompetent, things would be different.

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Michael was vaguely reminded of Mr. Prout and his inadequate oratory.

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Sometimes we are moved by a realization that, left to ourselves, we are inadequate, that apart from God we are insufficient.

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British Dictionary definitions for inadequate

inadequate

/ (ɪnˈædɪkwɪt) /

adjective

not adequate; insufficient

not capable or competent; lacking

Derived forms of inadequate

inadequacy, noun inadequately, adverb

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inadequate

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inadequate

adjective

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