Antonyms for inadequate

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-ad-i-kwit

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt

Definition of inadequate

Origin : 1670s; see in- (1) "not, opposite of" + adequate. Related: Inadequately.

adj defective, insufficient, incompetent

Example sentences :

They are really channels for the transmission, adequate or inadequate, of sense impressions.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

The light was daylight, but it was inadequate, as though charged with mist.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

My attempt at reproducing their spirit is pale and inadequate.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Beast is too inadequate a term to describe it, but I know no words to tell its form.
Extract from : « There is a Reaper ... » by Charles V. De Vet

A man can only speak so long as he does not feel his speech to be partial and inadequate.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every thought in his inadequate brain was centered round his wife.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Then, too, he was sincerely regretting his inadequate hospitality.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

The teaching is inadequate, if the appeal is only to the memory.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Their signalling devices were inadequate even to reach Earth.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

Brief and inadequate newspaper accounts are all that remain.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for inadequate

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