inadequate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inadequate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inadequate adj lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" Synonym(s): inadequate, unequal Antonym(s): adequate, equal not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" Synonym(s): inadequate, poor, short
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inadequate \Inad"equate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inad[82]quat.] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {Inad"equately}, adv. -- {Inad"equateness}, n.