INADEQUATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

Example:

she was unequal to the task

Synonyms:

inadequate; unequal

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deficient; lacking; wanting (inadequate in amount or degree)

incapable; incompetent; unequal to (not meeting requirements)

short-handed; short-staffed; undermanned; understaffed (inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.)

Also:

unsatisfactory (not giving satisfaction)

Attribute:

adequacy; adequateness (the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:)

Antonym:

adequate (having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task)

Derivation:

inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of insufficient quantity to meet a need

Example:

the jejune diets of the very poor

Synonyms:

inadequate; jejune; poor; short

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

Derivation:

inadequateness (unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate)

Credits

Context examples:

All that I should express would be inadequate and feeble.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I have heard your reasons and regard them as unconvincing and inadequate.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Myocardial tissue which exhibits characteristics of inadequate blood flow.

(Ischemic Myocardium, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with inadequate or inappropriate storage of the device, not otherwise described.

(Inadequate Storage of Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

A device problem related to the incorrect or inadequate arrangement of the parts, components, elements, or materials.

(Improper Device Physical Structure Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with inadequate periodic preventive maintenance or performance assurance checks.

(Inadequate Medical Device Service, Food and Drug Administration)

A disorder resulting from inadequate blood flow in the vessels that supply the brain.

(Cerebrovascular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

This causes inadequate blood flow to the tumor and eventually leads to a decrease in tumor cell proliferation.

(Denibulin, NCI Thesaurus)

Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A life threatening condition due to inadequate levels of glucocorticoids in an individual with adrenal insufficiency.