Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inadequate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inadequate \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inadequate
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements
especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the
staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"
[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" [syn: {poor}, {short}]
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