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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
     inad['e]quat.]
     Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
     deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
     representations, etc. --Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv.
     -- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
     inad['e]quat.]
     Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
     deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
     representations, etc. --Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv.
     -- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inadequate
       adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements
              especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the
              staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"
              [ant: adequate]
       2: 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" [syn: poor, short]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     Αγγλικά a.
     ανεπαρκής

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     a.
     Not adequate; not fit for the purpose.
     n.
     An individual who is inadequate.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     a.
     Not adequate; not fit for the purpose.
     n.
     An individual who is inadequate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     a.
     Not adequate; not fit for the purpose.
     n.
     An individual who is inadequate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     a.
     Not adequate; not fit for the purpose.
     n.
     An individual who is inadequate.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     Englanti a.
     puutteellinen, sopimaton, vaillinainen, riittämätön, epäadekvaatti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inadequate
     Engelska a.
     otillräcklig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  ناقص

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inadequate //ɪnˈædəkwɪt// 
  незадоволителен, неподходящ
  Not adequate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  neadekvátní

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  nedostatečný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
   [eko] nedostatečný důkaz (Naznačuje, že jsou k dispozici jen omezená data, nebo že studie, která je dostupná, sice dokazuje příčinné souvislosti, avšak nevylučuje náhodu, sklony nebo zavádějící okolnosti.)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  nepostačující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  nepřiměřený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  nevhodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  nepostačující

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  ungenügend
           Note: Note 6, nicht genügend
           Note: Note 5; Note 3
     Synonyms: fail, unsatisfactory
  
   see: mark, grade, marks, grades, high marks, excellent, very good, outstanding, good, above average, satisfactory, average, adequate, below average, poor, pass an exam with distinction, graduate with distinction
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  mangelhaft, unangemessen 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  unzulänglich, unzureichend 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  inadequate //ɪnˈædəkwɪt// 
  puutteellinen, riittämätön, sopimaton, vaillinainen
  Not adequate

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/ 
  1. अपर्याप्त
        "The safety precautions are totally inadequate."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  neadekvatnu, nedorastao, nedovoljan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  1. alkalmatlan
  2. inadekvát
  3. elégtelen
  4. nem kielégítô
  5. nem megfelelô

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  inadequate //ɪnˈædəkwɪt// 
  不十分, 不適当
  Not adequate

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈædɪkwət/ 
   1.  nieodpowiedni
   2.  niewystarczający

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  inadequado, inapropriado

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inadequate /ɪnˈadɪkwət/
  1. kifayetsiz, yetersiz, liyakatsiz, elvermez, eksik, nakıs. inadequacy, inadequateness  yetersizlik. inadequately  kifayetsiz olarak, yetersiz bir şekilde.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɪˈnædəˌkweɪt/, /ˌɪˈnædəkwət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadequate":
     adulterated, arrested, asymmetric, barren, base, blemished,
     bootless, callow, counterproductive, damaged, defective, deficient,
     disappointing, disheartening, disparate, displeasing,
     disproportionate, dissatisfactory, effete, emasculate, embryonic,
     empty, erroneous, etiolated, failing, fallible, fatuitous, fatuous,
     faulty, feckless, forceless, found wanting, fruitless, futile,
     half-assed, hypoplastic, ill-matched, ill-qualified, ill-sorted,
     immature, impaired, imperfect, impotent, imprecise, impure,
     in arrear, in arrears, in default, in short supply, inaccurate,
     inane, inappreciable, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent,
     incomplete, inconsiderable, ineffective, ineffectual,
     inefficacious, inexact, infant, inferior, inoperative,
     insufficient, invalid, invertebrate, irregular, lacking, little,
     makeshift, maladjusted, maladroit, mean, mediocre, minus,
     mismatched, missing, mixed, needing, not comparable, not enough,
     not equal to, not good enough, not in it, not perfect, not up to,
     nugacious, nugatory, odd, of no force, off, out of it,
     out of proportion, part, partial, patchy, petty, scant, scanty,
     scarce, scrappy, scrimpy, shabby, short, short of, shy, sketchy,
     skew, skewed, skimpy, small, spineless, sterile, too little,
     trivial, unable, unadapted, unadjusted, unavailing, underdeveloped,
     undeveloped, unequal, unequal to, unequipped, uneven, unfinished,
     unfit, unfitted, unfulfilling, ungratifying, unperfected,
     unqualified, unreached, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unskillful,
     unsound, unsufficing, unthorough, useless, vain, wanting, weak
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 不充分的,不适当的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 不充分的,不适当的

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