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in·ad·e·quate
 inadequate
- pronunciation:
- In
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kwiht
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adjective |
| definition: |
insufficient or below standard.
- synonyms:
- deficient, insufficient, lacking, short, unsatisfactory, wanting
- antonyms:
- acceptable, adequate, competent, enough, good, satisfactory, substantial, sufficient
- similar words:
- defective, faulty, feeble, flawed, flimsy, hopeless, ill, imperfect, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inept, inferior, meager, mediocre, poor, scanty, scarce, shy, unfit, unqualified
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| related words: |
awful, bad, bare, deficient, lame, low, pathetic, scant, short, skimpy, slender, stingy, thin, tight, weak, worthless |
| derivations: |
inadequately (adv.), inadequacy (n.), inadequateness (n.) |
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