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inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwɪt] adj
1. not adequate; insufficient 2. not capable or competent; lacking inadequacy n inadequately adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
inadequate adjective 1. insufficient, short, scarce, meagre, poor, lacking, incomplete, scant, sparse, skimpy, sketchy, insubstantial, scanty, niggardly, incommensurate Supplies of food and medicine are inadequate. insufficient sufficient, adequate, satisfactory, ample, complete, perfect, substantial Translations inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwɪt] ADJ 1. (= insufficient) [supply, funding, measures, training] → insuficiente; [housing, diet] → inadecuado the facilities are inadequate → las instalaciones dejan mucho que desear the company had inadequate resources to survive the recession → la empresa no tenía recursos suficientes or no tenía los recursos adecuados para sobrevivir a la recesión 2. (= weak) → incompetente, inepto he makes me feel totally inadequate → hace que me sienta totalmente incompetente or un verdadero inepto inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwət] adj [supply, resources] → insuffisant(e), inadéquat(e) [person] → qui n'est pas à la hauteur I felt completely inadequate → Je ne me sentais absolument pas à la hauteur. inadequate adj → unzulänglich, inadäquat (geh); supplies, resources, punishment, reasons, proposals also → unzureichend; measures → unangemessen; he is inadequate for such a job/responsibility → er ist für eine solche Stelle nicht geeignet/einer solchen Verantwortung nicht gewachsen; she makes him feel inadequate → sie gibt ihm das Gefühl der Unzulänglichkeit inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwɪt] adj (insufficient) → inadeguato/a, insufficiente; (person) → non all'altezza he felt quite inadequate → non si sentiva assolutamente all'altezza inadequate [ɪnˈædɪkwɪt] adj (insufficient) → inadeguato/a, insufficiente; (person) → non all'altezza he felt quite inadequate → non si sentiva assolutamente all'altezza adj inadequate [inˈӕdikwət] not sufficient; not adequate inadequate supplies; Our equipment is inadequate for this job. ontoereikend غَيْر كافٍ недостатъчен nepřiměřený; nedostatečný utilstrækkelig unzulänglich ανεπαρκής insuficiente; inadecuado, inapropiado ebapiisav ناکافی riittämätön insuffisant לא מַספִּיק अपर्याप्त nedostatan elégtelen tidak memadai ófullnægjandi inadeguato 不適当な 부적절한 nepakankamas nepiemērots; neatbilstošs tidak cukup ontoereikend utilstrekkelig, mangelfull niewystarczjący, nieodpowiedni inadequado inadecvat, necorespunzător недостаточный neprimeraný; nedostatočný neustrezen neprikladan otillräcklig, bristfällig ไม่พอเพียง yetersiz 不充份的,不適當的 недостатній; непідхожий ناکافی không đủ 不充足的 n inˈadequacy ontoereikendheid عَدَم كِفايَه، نَقْص недостатъчност nepřiměřenost utilstrækkelighed die Unzulänglichkeit ανεπάρκεια insuficiencia; cualidad de inadecuado ebapiisavus کمبود riittämättömyys insuffisance אי התאמה अपर्याप्तता nedostatnost alkalmatlanság, elégtelenség kekurangan vöntun; sem er ófullnægjandi inadeguatezza 不適当 부적절함 nepakankamumas nepiemērotība; neatbilstība ketidakcukupan ontoereikendheid utilstrekkelighet, mangelfullhet nieodpowiedniość inadequação inadecvare, nepotrivire недостаточность neprimeranosť neprimernost, nezadostnost neprikladnost otillräcklighet, bristfällighet ความขัดสน yetersizlik 不充份,不適當 невідповідність вимогам; недостатність عدم کفایت sự không đủ 不充足 inadequate → غير ملائم nedostatečný utilstrækkelig unzulänglich ανεπαρκής inadecuado riittämätön inapproprié neadekvatan inadeguato 不十分な 부적당한 ontoereikend utilstrekkelig nieodpowiedni inadequado неадекватный otillräcklig ไม่เพียงพอ yetersiz không đầy đủ 不充分的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This was two years after 9/11, 10 years after the first attack on the World Trade Center by terrorists whose plans were revealed in documents possessed by the FBI since well before the attack, but which the FBI did not have the language competence to translate, and after frequent criticism by this magazine and others of the linguistic inadequacies of both the FBI and the CIA. A runaway defense budget, responding to widespread perception of military inadequacies by the usual government expedient of throwing money at the problem. Inadequacies in bovine tuberculosis management prompted USDA last week to cut off cattle imports from the Mexican state of Durango. |
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