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inadequate
adjective as in defective, insufficient, incompetent
Strongest matches
deficient, faulty, incompetent, incomplete, lacking, meager, poor, sad, scarce, sketchy, skimpy, unequal, weak
Weak matches
bare, barren, bush-league, depleted, dry, failing, feeble, found wanting, glitch, imperfect, impotent, inappreciable, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, inconsiderable, insubstantial, junk, lame, lemon, lousy, low, minus, miserly, not enough, parsimonious, scanty, short, shy, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stinted, stunted, thin, too little, unproductive, unqualified
Example Sentences
This week’s letter does not contain dates of incidents, while alluding to an alleged inadequate district response.
At California City Detention Facility, immigrants file lawsuit over alleged ‘shockingly deficient’ medical care, frigid temperatures, bugs crawling on walls, sewage backups, inadequate food and water, and generally ‘decrepit’ conditions.
The report said the Welsh government's initial response to Covid was "inadequate", with ministers in Cardiff "overly reliant" on the UK government to take the lead.
India has not yet submitted a key climate plan that countries are required to do every five years, even as international assessments have deemed India's climate action as being "worryingly inadequate".
The Welsh government's initial response to Covid was "inadequate", with ministers in Cardiff "overly reliant" on the UK government to take the lead, according to the public inquiry into the pandemic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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