See Also: Inadequate(medicine)
inadequate(dictionary)
inadequate(dictionary)
inadequate personality(medicine)
inadequate stimulus(medicine)
DAMAGES INADEQUATE(law)

inadequate (iou)



inadequate adjective & noun. L17.
[from IN-3 + ADEQUATE adjective.]
A. adjective. Not adequate; insufficient; (of a person) incompetent, unable to deal with a situation. (Foll. by to, for, to do.) L17.
J. R. Green The ordinary resources of the Crown..were inadequate to meet the expenses of war. C. Phillips Leslie Carter's shop stood alone, its wooden walls thin with age, its roof inadequate.
b. noun. A person whose character or abilities are insufficient to meet the expectations of society. M20.
inadequately adverb L17.
inadequateness noun L17.