'Inadequate' definitions:
Definition of 'inadequate'
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Definition of 'Inadequate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inadequate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulterated,
- arrested,
- asymmetric,
- barren,
- base,
- blemished,
- bootless,
- callow,
- counterproductive,
- damaged,
- defective,
- deficient,
- disappointing,
- disheartening,
- disparate,
- displeasing,
- disproportionate,
- dissatisfactory,
- effete,
- emasculate,
- embryonic,
- empty,
- erroneous,
- etiolated,
- failing,
- fallible,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- faulty,
- feckless,
- forceless,
- found wanting,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- half-assed,
- hypoplastic,
- ill-matched,
- ill-qualified,
- ill-sorted,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- impotent,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in short supply,
- inaccurate,
- inane,
- inappreciable,
- incapable,
- incommensurate,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- inconsiderable,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inexact,
- infant,
- inferior,
- inoperative,
- insufficient,
- invalid,
- invertebrate,
- irregular,
- lacking,
- little,
- makeshift,
- maladjusted,
- maladroit,
- mean,
- mediocre,
- minus,
- mismatched,
- missing,
- mixed,
- needing,
- not comparable,
- not enough,
- not equal to,
- not good enough,
- not in it,
- not perfect,
- not up to,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- odd,
- of no force,
- off,
- out of it,
- out of proportion,
- part,
- partial,
- patchy,
- petty,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarce,
- scrappy,
- scrimpy,
- shabby,
- short,
- short of,
- shy,
- sketchy,
- skew,
- skewed,
- skimpy,
- small,
- spineless,
- sterile,
- too little,
- trivial,
- unable,
- unadapted,
- unadjusted,
- unavailing,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unequal,
- unequal to,
- unequipped,
- uneven,
- unfinished,
- unfit,
- unfitted,
- unfulfilling,
- ungratifying,
- unperfected,
- unqualified,
- unreached,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unskillful,
- unsound,
- unsufficing,
- unthorough,
- useless,
- vain,
- wanting,
- weak