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inadequate
/ˌɪˈnædəkwət/
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What does inadequate mean?
adjective
- Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
noun
- A person who is inadequate.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪˈnædəkwət/
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The chill of the near water communicated itself to me, and I felt the protection of my shabby garments inadequate against it.
On all sides, in every field, men were making discoveries which caused the general theological view to appear more and more inadequate.
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Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief.
While a large annual surplus of revenue may invite waste and extravagance, inadequate revenue creates distrust and undermines public and private credit.
Inevitably we are driven to the conclusion that the exhaustively economic interpretation of contemporary history is inadequate to meet the present situation.