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in·ad·e·quate    Audio Help   [in-ad-i-kwit] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
2.Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.

[Origin: 1665–75; in-3 + adequate]

in·ad·e·quate·ly, adverb

1. inapt, incompetent; incommensurate; defective, imperfect, incomplete.
1. sufficient.
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in·ad·e·quate    Audio Help   (ĭn-ād'ĭ-kwĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.

in·ad'e·quate·ly adv.
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inadequate

adjective
1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" [ant: adequate
2. 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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inadequate [inˈӕdikwət] adjective
not sufficient; not adequate
Example: inadequate supplies; Our equipment is inadequate for this job.
Arabic: غَيْر كافٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 不充足的
Chinese (Traditional): 不充足的
Czech: nepřiměřený; nedostatečný
Danish: utilstrækkelig
Dutch: ontoereikend
Estonian: ebapiisav
Finnish: riittämätön
French: insuffisant
German: unzulänglich
Greek: ανεπαρκής
Hungarian: elégtelen
Icelandic: ófullnægjandi
Indonesian: tidak memadai
Italian: inadeguato
Japanese: 不適当な
Korean: 불충분한, 부적당한
Latvian: nepiemērots; neatbilstošs
Lithuanian: nepakankamas
Norwegian: utilstrekkelig, mangelfull
Polish: niewystarczjący, nieodpowiedni
Portuguese (Brazil): inadequado
Portuguese (Portugal): inadequado
Romanian: inadecvat, necores­punzător
Russian: недостаточный
Slovak: neprimeraný; nedostatočný
Slovenian: neustrezen
Spanish: insuficiente; inadecuado, inapropiado
Swedish: otillräcklig, bristfällig
Turkish: yetersiz
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Inadequate

In*ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [From Inadequate.] The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. --Dr. T. Dwight.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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