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- pronunciation:
- In
ae
d
kwiht
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
adverb + (adj.)inadequate
alone, grossly, hopelessly, totally, utterly, wholly, woefully
(adj.)inadequate
+ adverb
poorly
(adj.)inadequate
+ noun
access,
calcium,
capacity,
care,
clothing,
compensation,
compliance,
conception,
cooking,
counsel,
coverage,
diet,
disclosure,
disinfection,
equipment,
explanation,
facility,
funding,
guidance,
health,
health-care,
housing,
identification,
incentive,
infrastructure,
inspection,
insurance,
intake,
knowledge,
lack,
maintenance,
monitoring,
nutrition,
oversight,
pay,
pension,
personnel,
planning,
pollution,
preparation,
procedure,
protection,
provision,
representation,
resource,
responder,
response,
sanitation,
sewage,
sleep,
staffing,
supervision,
supply,
task,
teaching,
testing,
training,
transportation,
treatment,
understanding,
ventilation,
wage
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| derivations: |
inadequately (adv.), inadequacy (n.), inadequateness (n.) |
The word inadequate
contains the following part:
equ, equi
Latin
root
that means equal
  Example words:
adequate, equable, equal, equality, equanimity, equate, equation, equator, equiangular, equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equipoise, equitable, equity, equivalent, equivocal, equivocate, inadequate, inequality, inequity, iniquity, unequal, unequivocal
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