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1. (adj.) inadequate
not adequate or sufficient.
Etymology: (1665–75)
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1. (adj) inadequate, unequal
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
2. (adj) inadequate, poor, short
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"
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1. (adjective) inadequate
not good or large enough; = insufficient
inadequate teaching; an inadequate food supply
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1. (adj) inadequate
not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc
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Sense: not sufficient; not adequate
inadequate supplies; Our equipment is inadequate for this job.
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 Afrikaans: ontoereikend |
 Arabic: غَيْر كافٍ |
 Bulgarian: недостатъчен |
 Brazilian: inadequado |
 Czech: nepřiměřený; nedostatečný |
 German: unzulänglich |
 Danish: utilstrækkelig |
 Greek: ανεπαρκής |
 Spanish: insuficiente; inadecuado, |
 Estonian: ebapiisav |
 Farsi: ناکافی |
 Finnish: riittämätön |
 French: insuffisant |
 Hebrew: לא מַספִּיק |
 Hindi: अपर्याप्त |
 Croatian: nedostatan |
 Hungarian: elégtelen |
 Indonesian: tidak memadai |
 Icelandic: ófullnægjandi |
 Italian: inadeguato |
 Japanese: 不適当な |
 Korean: 부적절한 |
 Lithuanian: nepakankamas |
 Latvian: nepiemērots; neatbilstošs |
 Malay: tidak cukup |
 Dutch: ontoereikend |
 Norwegian: utilstrekkelig, mangelful |
 Polish: niewystarczjący, nieodpow |
 Persian: ناکافی |
 Pashto: لږ كم، نامناسب، ناوړه، نا |
 Portuguese: inadequado |
 Romanian: inadecvat, necorespunzăt |
 Russian: недостаточный |
 Slovak: neprimeraný; nedostatočný |
 Slovenian: neustrezen |
 Serbian: neprikladan |
 Swedish: otillräcklig, bristfällig |
 Thai: ไม่พอเพียง |
 Turkish: yetersiz |
 Taiwanese: 不充份的，不適當的 |
 Ukrainian: недостатній; непідхожий |
 Urdu: ناکافی |
 Vietnamese: không đủ |
 Chinese: 不充足的，不适当的 |
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