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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: deficient, incapable, incompetent, insufficient, lacking(p), poor, short, short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed, unequal to(p), wanting(p)
Antonyms: adequate
See Also: unsatisfactory
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