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.
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91. It had proved hopelessly inadequate during the revolution of 1905-6.
92. As a foundation it is inadequate to bear the weight of the case that Mr. McGregor sought to build upon it.
93. In well lighted places they are not able to resist competition from other plants, their root absorption being inadequate.
94. Hitherto the instrumental approach to law has been criticized as inadequate to provide a coherent explanation for contradictory tendencies in legal developments.
95. Inadequate professional services are services which fall below an acceptable standard, but are short of negligent work.
96. The old structures are not only inadequate to meet our communications needs; they can not function as they once did.
97. There was lots of kissing and hair-stroking going on, which always makes onlookers feel rather frigid and inadequate.
98. She enrolled at a Colorado community college and discovered how inadequate her education had been when she tested at the remedial level.
99. Even the actions taken by governments may be inadequate to defend the position of the weak in society.
100. Mr Alton said official electoral registration surveys were inadequate, missing many people actually eligible to vote.
101. Armed with inadequate information he usually fails to see why one moment is better for putting in a tack than any other.
101. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
102. Government officials have acknowledged that existing policies to limit acidic emissions - notably of sulphur dioxide - are inadequate.
103. They pronounced the attic unfit for human habitation and Jean-Claude inadequate to support me.
104. An inadequate supply of vitamin A can lead to blindness.
105. In the course of things, some drivers already have quit, complaining of long hours, inadequate pay and poor organization.
106. Heavy losses or, at best[sentencedict.com], inadequate returns on capital invested have resulted in ignominious withdrawals from the market.
107. It had not struck him until now that this was an inadequate hiding place.
108. Two bascule bridges and one swing bridge further upstream had become totally inadequate.
109. Director of Social Services, Bill Bulpin said existing arrangements were inadequate, however.
110. If he does, that means he is not good enough or strong enough, and ought to feel inadequate.
111. And the last congressional election demonstrated that the tactical politics of Mediscare and Gingriphobia are inadequate.
112. The Government's assurances on ring fencing are welcome but, unfortunately, inadequate.
113. The state pension is wholly inadequate -- no one can live on £50 a week.
114. These were described by the parents later as inadequate and often inaccurate.
115. Environmental groups say the current air standards are inadequate to protect the health of asthma sufferers and others with lung diseases.
116. This arises due to an inadequate tax base and/or tax evasion by citizens with relatively high incomes.
117. It is inadequate and misleading to rely on general impressions in such churches.
118. Imagine our horror at the thought that we might now be held legally responsible for the tragic results of an inadequate diet.
119. Three divisions are to he established to deal with conduct matters; compensation and inadequate professional services; and conciliation.
120. The roots of the trouble lie in Republican policies that women see as threatening. Symbolic gestures and tokenism are inadequate remedies.
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