INADEQUATE


Meaning of INADEQUATE in English

— inadequately , adv.

/in ad"i kwit/ , adj.

1. not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.

2. Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.

[ 1665-75; IN- 3 + ADEQUATE ]

Syn. 1. inapt, incompetent; incommensurate; defective, imperfect, incomplete.

Ant. 1. sufficient.

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