What does inadequate mean?
Definitions for inadequate
ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪtin·ad·e·quate
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word inadequate.
Princeton's WordNet
inadequate, unequaladjective
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
inadequate, poor, shortadjective
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"
Wiktionary
inadequateadjective
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inadequateadjective
Not equal to the purpose; defective; falling below the due proportion.
Etymology: in and adæquatus, Latin.
Remorse for vice
Not paid, or paid inadequate in price,
What farther means can reason now direct? Dryden.Inadequate ideas are such, which are but a partial or incomplete representation of those archetypes to which they are referred. John Locke.
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inadequate
Inadequate is an adjective used to describe something that is insufficient or not enough in quantity or quality. It refers to anything that does not meet the requirements, standards, or needs that are expected or necessary.
Webster Dictionary
Inadequateadjective
not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc
Etymology: [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inadquat.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inadequate
in-ad′e-kwāt, adj. insufficient.—ns. Inad′equacy, Inad′equateness, insufficiency.—adv. Inad′equately.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'inadequate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3971
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'inadequate' in Adjectives Frequency: #535
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inadequate in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inadequate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of inadequate in a Sentence
With this decision the court rightly recognized that yesterday’s ‘front line heroes’ in dealing with COVID cannot suddenly be treated as disease-carrying villains and kicked to the curb by the command of a state health bureaucracy, some of these plaintiffs contracted COVID while treating patients, recovered, and were allowed to return to work with the same protective measures that were good enough for the 18 months that they were the heroes in the battle against the virus. There is no ‘science’ to show that these same measures are suddenly inadequate – especially when they are allowed for those with medical exemptions.
There were a large number of people there today who lost family members as many as 20, 30 years ago, children who were infected with AIDS who died as babies, fathers who never got to see their children grow up, what they expected today was some sign of responsibility from the state, and I'm not surprised they were upset and angered by what is a totally inadequate response to significant evidence of bad practice and negligence throughout the NHS.
The public health sector is woefully inadequate.
Information asymmetry and inadequate risk management will hinder the growth of the online financing market.
We're genetically pulled to people who radiate warmth, honesty and compassion. We're repelled by external presentations of perfection…The perfection of others makes us feel inadequate.
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- غير كافArabic
- inadequatCatalan, Valencian
- unzulänglich, unangemessenGerman
- ανεπαρκήςGreek
- inadecuadoSpanish
- vaillinainen, puutteellinen, sopimaton, riittämätönFinnish
- inadéquatFrench
- memadaiIndonesian
- inadeguatoItalian
- 不十分, 不適当Japanese
- inadequaat, onvoldoende, ongeschikt, ontoereikendDutch
- neadecvată, neadecvat, nepotrivit, inadecvată, inadecvatRomanian
- недостаточный, неадекватныйRussian
- kıt, az, yetersizTurkish
- ناکافیUrdu
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