be inadequate

VERB

need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call for demand desire lack require

STRONG

claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn

WEAK

be deficient be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be needy be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have occasion to have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

have not want

STRONG

abjure despise dislike give hate

WEAK

do not want

Example Sentences

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That same level of weaker disclosures may prove to be inadequate to investors who were justifiably comfortable relying on Buffett’s presence.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

Another of Ellen's medical records dated 3 June 2021 stated her "nutritional intake was found to be inadequate and appropriate food and fluid advice was provided to improve this".

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

As a result, projections about the short-, medium- and long-term future of study populations may be inadequate.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Medication would be inadequate and if the procedure is necessary, Dorsey should receive a local anesthetic, said Megan Crane, another attorney for him.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024

The external protection had proved to be inadequate to guard the papal succession in one case, the person of the Pope in another, from domestic treason.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

be inadequate

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