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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inadequate  \In*ad"e*quate\,  a.  [Pref.  in-  not  +  adequate:  cf  F. 
  inad['e]quat.] 
  Not  adequate;  unequal  to  the  purpose;  insufficient; 
  deficient;  as  inadequate  resources,  power,  conceptions, 
  representations,  etc  --Dryden.  --  {In*ad"e*quate*ly},  adv 
  --  {In*ad"e*quate*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inadequate 
  adj  1:  (sometimes  followed  by  `to')  not  meeting  the  requirements 
  especially  of  a  task;  "inadequate  training";  "the 
  staff  was  inadequate";  "she  was  inadequate  to  the  job" 
  [ant:  {adequate}] 
  2:  not  sufficient  to  meet  a  need  "an  inadequate  income";  "a 
  poor  salary";  "money  is  short";  "on  short  rations";  "food 
  is  in  short  supply";  "short  on  experience"  [syn:  {poor},  {short}] 




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