Synonym: deficient, insufficient, lacking, short of, unsatisfactory, wanting. Antonym: adequate. Similar words: adequate, equation, loquat, in advance, equal, in addition, in advance of, inadvertent. Meaning: ['ɪn'ædɪkwət] 
adj. 1. (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task 2. not sufficient to meet a need.
adj. 1. (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task 2. not sufficient to meet a need. 
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31. His performance was woefully inadequate.
32. Inadequate food can stunt a child's development.
33. The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.
34. My parents' advice on sex was pathetically inadequate.
35. Management ignored our complaints that washing facilities were inadequate.
36. I felt dreadfully inadequate.
37. The staff at the consulate seemed not only insensitive, but professionally inadequate.
38. She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.
39. His wages were pitifully inadequate for the needs of his growing family.
40. If the supply of vitamins and minerals in the diet is inadequate, this will result in changes in body chemistry.
41. Inadequate resources pose a problem for all members of staff.
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42. Many children at the school were found to be suffering from inadequate nutrition.
43. The support systems to enable women to realize their potential at work are seriously inadequate.
44. It's the same old story of a badly managed project with inadequate funding.
45. Many illnesses in these temporary refugee camps are the result of inadequate sanitation.
46. The food supplies are inadequate to meet the needs of the hungry.
47. The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs.
48. It's very difficult to undo the damage that's caused by inadequate parenting in a child's early years.
49. The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform.
50. The report assigned the blame for the accident to inadequate safety regulations.
51. Its operations were hampered at every turn by inadequate numbers of trained staff.
52. Many illnesses are the re - sult of inadequate sanita - tion.
53. In court filings,[sentencedict.com] they argued that the settlement was inadequate.
54. The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.
55. The teacher made us feel inadequate and stupid if we made mistakes.
56. The results prove that regulation of the salmon farming industry is inadequate.
57. The safety precautions taken by large resort hotels are often woefully inadequate for the number of people who stay there.
58. People, despite their intelligence, are curiously inadequate at communicating with horses.
59. Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines.
60. The basic problems of the inner-city underclass are inadequate housing and lack of jobs.
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