INADEQUATE


Meaning of INADEQUATE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

as

These were described by the parents later as inadequate and often inaccurate.

Meanwhile the Labour Party continues to be as inadequate in Opposition as it would be in government.

Left-inclined critics of pluralism reject this as inadequate .

You do not try to catch them out, to trap them or to expose them as inadequate in any way.

I take exception to that and regard it as inadequate , for two fundamental reasons.

Hitherto the instrumental approach to law has been criticized as inadequate to provide a coherent explanation for contradictory tendencies in legal developments.

completely

We have seen that the inspection facilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency are completely inadequate .

Housing in the inner cities was completely inadequate .

Opposition Diet members denounced the testimony of both Takeshita and Kanemaru as completely inadequate .

Officials at 43 percent of California schools complained that at least one of their buildings is completely inadequate .

EHOs said the domestic kitchen was completely inadequate for cooking on such a scale.

grossly

Some people are better than others in the use of words, but for some feelings, words always seem grossly inadequate .

But the more all of us looked at it, we have found it grossly inadequate .

In addition medical examinations and records are often grossly inadequate .

For the interactionists this was grossly inadequate .

hopelessly

It had proved hopelessly inadequate during the revolution of 1905-6.

These students traverse course after remedial course, becoming increasingly turned off to writing, increasingly convinced that they are hopelessly inadequate .

how

Merely to embark on such an approach reveals how inadequate and simplistic it is.

She enrolled at a Colorado community college and discovered how inadequate her education had been when she tested at the remedial level.

The more she picked up about his past, the more she realized how inadequate her vision of the world had been.

often

The content of curricula is often inadequate .

Finally, the data available is often inadequate to test fully the theories put forward.

These premises are often inadequate to support good practice.

The legislation that exists to protect endangered species is often inadequate and lacks proper enforcement.

The people who lived there had to rely on rainwater, which in the summer was often inadequate .

Morphine alone is often inadequate , but there is nothing paradoxical about this.

The number of cars has increased and the roads are all too often inadequate to take them.

quite

Unfortunately, the system never worked properly, was quite inadequate for the broker's needs and was eventually scrapped.

In these houses there was no proper conversion, and cooking and sanitary facilities were quite inadequate .

It is clear that the timetable is quite inadequate to deal with such important matters.

In a multi-component disordered solid like soda-lime-silica glass a single spherically averaged diffraction pattern is quite inadequate .

The telephone service is still quite inadequate .

But these sources were quite inadequate .

The report provides considerable evidence that the traditional performance indicators of higher education success are quite inadequate .

The thin gown of emerald green silk was quite inadequate to the task of concealing what lay beneath.

so

I find it hard to say, because it seems so inadequate to describe what we felt.

Other softball teams avoid playing at Northridge because the facility is so inadequate .

Lewis's footwork, so inadequate early in his career, was impressive.

He could make her feel so inadequate .

Food and hygiene were so inadequate that there was an extremely high death rate.

still

Despite remedial work, which Howard acknowledged on a second visit in 1786, the prison was clearly still inadequate .

A break-down in the number of male and female students shows that the number of female graduates is still inadequate .

The system of inspection is still inadequate in many areas.

Historical records extend only a few thousand years, a time span that is still inadequate to treat slow geologic processes.

Second, the technology for cleaning a site, rather than simply sealing it, is still inadequate and expensive.

But time spent on science was still inadequate .

These criteria, however, are still inadequate for constructing a satisfactory typology of political systems.

Standards can be set, but arrangements for ensuring that they are maintained in the private sector are still inadequate .

totally

Is the Marxist explanation, therefore, totally inadequate ?

Residential provision is extremely important and at present totally inadequate in terms of the extent of the need.

About half the impoverished households have one member employed, but their wage is totally inadequate .

The local people naturally defend their crops, usually with totally inadequate weapons such as ancient shotguns loaded with buckshot.

Two bascule bridges and one swing bridge further upstream had become totally inadequate .

Mr Milburn slammed the rise as totally inadequate .

Today's local area network systems are totally inadequate for such gigantic flows of information.

very

It was very inadequate at times, especially in winter if you were on point duty.

And we have a very inadequate system for long-term care or assistance for people with chronic medical conditions.

It seems almost profane to try to describe the feeling because words are so very inadequate .

wholly

Also the warning system was wholly inadequate .

The traditional shop class is wholly inadequate to prepare young people for this new world.

Council representatives immediately criticised the allocations as wholly inadequate .

All the obvious expressions of sympathy were wholly inadequate .

The time-consuming tasks of keeping families clean and fed were for the most part carried out with wholly inadequate equipment in depressing surroundings.

The fog bank was unattainable and rather than surrender, Kennedy opened fire against both vessels with his antique and wholly inadequate guns.

woefully

As such, it is woefully inadequate .

But the overriding image carried every night on the evening news has been one of a woefully inadequate effort.

Their artist's impressions were woefully inadequate , though, so I binned it.

Dependent on woefully inadequate soup kitchens, they died on the streets.

But as a theoretical basis for the protection of these rights and freedoms, such ideas are woefully inadequate .

Unfortunately, partner reduction proved woefully inadequate by itself.

The committee system is woefully inadequate .

Education also needs equipment - buildings, books, scientific apparatus, even paper, pencils and slates are woefully inadequate .

■ NOUN

attention

There is no doubt that the chronic and long-term needs of older people receive inadequate attention at present.

This is a key aspect of the refugee question which has so far received inadequate attention .

Even the best selection procedures may be for nothing if inadequate attention is given to transitional learning.

housing

Lack of proper equipment, inadequate housing - are such considerations in fact a cause of dissatisfaction?

Any problems with parenting are routinely exacerbated by poverty, inadequate housing , harassment, and constant anxiety about losing the child.

Since women outlive men in substantial numbers, inadequate housing is more a problem for elderly women than for elderly men.

information

Impulsive A choice based on inadequate information responding to a feeling of urgency.

Lord Ross declared that the warrant had been obtained on inadequate information and the court awarded expenses to Mr Guest.

These are externalities, imperfect competition and inadequate information .

Armed with inadequate information he usually fails to see why one moment is better for putting in a tack than any other.

knowledge

Reduced to simple terms, those with the power have inadequate knowledge , those with the knowledge have inadequate power.

provision

Most homes have inadequate provision for lighting.

Instead of preventing proliferation, it has promoted it by allowing nations to protest innocence while violating the treaty's inadequate provisions .

response

If an inadequate response was shown at six to twelve weeks in the dual regime, the treatment was intensified with stavudine.

Thus there are several patients with an inadequate response who are remaining well despite an unsatisfactory viral load.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Inadequate lighting made it difficult to continue the work after dinner.

An inadequate supply of vitamin A can lead to blindness.

My light clothing was hopelessly inadequate for the cold Japanese winter.

The amount of fertilizer used was inadequate to ensure a good harvest.

The disease spread quickly because of poor living conditions and inadequate health care.

The state pension is wholly inadequate -- no one can live on £50 a week.

The training that nurses get is woefully inadequate .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He could make her feel so inadequate .

In the course of things, some drivers already have quit, complaining of long hours, inadequate pay and poor organization.

In their opinion, such deficiencies clearly led to inadequate administrative back-stopping and faulty interpersonal relations.

Often the results are wrong, inadequate , untrustworthy, unreliable, and self-serving.

The content of curricula is often inadequate .

The plan was regarded in many quarters as inadequate , however.

These five areas of concern indicated that an improved and modified manual personnel records system would be inadequate .

Those scientists chose to modify the protective belt of the programme by proposing that the initial conditions were inadequate .

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