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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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