a00051696
type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task |
examples | inadequate training the staff was inadequate she was unequal to the task |
Outgoing links | |
Also see | unsatisfactory |
Attribute | adequacy, adequateness |
Derivationally related form | inadequate → inadequateness |
Antonym | inadequate → adequate |
Similar to | deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p); incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p); short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed |
Incoming links | |
Antonym | adequate → inadequate |
Similar to | deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p); incapable, incompetent, unequal to(p); short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed |
Also see | unsatisfactory |
Derived from adjective | inadequately → inadequate |
Attribute | adequacy, adequateness |
Derivationally related form | inadequateness → inadequate |
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