Synonyms for inadequate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-ad-i-kwit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for inadequate Other synonyms for the word inadequate
- bare
- barren
- bush-league
- depleted
- dry
- failing
- feeble
- found wanting
- glitch
- imperfect
- impotent
- inappreciable
- inapt
- incapable
- incommensurate
- inconsiderable
- insubstantial
- junk
- lame
- lemon
- lousy
- low
- minus
- miserly
- niggardly
- not enough
- parsimonious
- scanty
- short
- shy
- small
- spare
- sparse
- sterile
- stinted
- stunted
- thin
- too little
- unequal
- unproductive
- unqualified
- weak
Définition of inadequate
Origin :- 1670s; see in- (1) "not, opposite of" + adequate. Related: Inadequately.
- adj defective, insufficient, incompetent
- 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
Antonyms for inadequate
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