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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151. Kubrick was also responsible for casting Jean Simmons in the film when it became apparent that the actress originally chosen was inadequate.
152. It concluded that the private contingency plans between presidents and their vice presidents since Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon in 1957 are inadequate.
153. Use of inadequate machinery may result in food poisoning and subsequent prosecution under the Food Safety Act 1990.
154. The Committee identified some of the gaps in research as related to inadequate statistical information, particularly in central government.
155. Computer system users can not control risk management decisions, but suffer big losses when inadequate protection fails to avert catastrophe.
156. Inadequate lighting made it difficult to continue the work after dinner.
157. Social distress - a restricted, inadequate or disturbed individual whose social performance is in some way leading to personal difficulties.
158. The images of human nature and society built into the explanatory paradigms which dominate school curricula and texts are inadequate.
159. He has praised gang-fighting efforts and criticized the Clinton administration for waging an inadequate fight against drugs.
160. When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
161. Progress both in environmental conservation and technology were officially deemed inadequate, even though 12,000 million roubles were spent on the former.
161. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
162. Not only was Buckinghamshire small, its inadequate internal communications served to check the evolution of a true county town.
163. Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate.
164. Education also needs equipment - buildings, books, scientific apparatus, even paper, pencils and slates are woefully inadequate.
165. It is often thought that drug addiction is a failure of will-power and is evidence of a weak will or inadequate personality.
166. Inadequate information People do not make errors merely because they are careless or inattentive.
167. Hospitals suffer from inadequate facilities, antiquated equipment and shortages of medical supplies.
168. His knowledge of mathematics proved inadequate to find a solution.
169. Inadequate personal income and lack of assistance in this area are a major problem for many mentally disordered people and their relatives.
170. Survivors of the Paddington rail disaster told the inquiry that inadequate emergency equipment hampered efforts to save lives.
171. The fog bank was unattainable and rather than surrender, Kennedy opened fire against both vessels with his antique and wholly inadequate guns.
172. Yet he must make a tentative judgment on inadequate evidence, for such a matter is of fundamental importance.
173. The breach between them grew by itself, a result of misunderstandings, inadequate concessions and ineffectual violence.
174. Having discarded as inadequate our orthodox rationalisations for meat's culinary centrality, the question remained: why is it so important?
175. By 1973 this measure was considered inadequate and the government took total control of the mining companies.
176. I would feel cut off and inadequate whenever my family prayed together.
177. More than half of the displaced persons live in camps with inadequate shelter.
178. Inside, however, I felt inherently inferior, inadequate to fill the role.
179. How dreadful it would be if you hooked a big fish only to lose it through poking around with an inadequate net.
180. But it is surely not hard to see that consumer choice is an inadequate means of curbing corporate power.
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