inadequate

Meanings

Plural: inadequates

Adjective

• lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  • "inadequate training"
  • "the staff was inadequate"

Adjective Satellite

• not sufficient to meet a need
  • "an inadequate income"

Adj

• Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

Noun

• A person who is inadequate.

Synonyms

awanting, deficient, dismal, exiguous, geason, inadequate, insufficient, lank, lean, meager, measly, paltry, poor, raunchy, scant, scantling, scanty, scarce, short, skimpy, sleazy, slender, spare, sparse, threadbare, unequal, unsufficient, wanting, wanty

Antonyms

abundant, adequate, enough, plentiful, sufficient, unexiguous

Related Words

inadequacy, subminimal

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