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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

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be inadequate

In a separate resignation, hours later, Carns said he could not "in good conscience stand at the dispatch box and defend a level of investment I know to be inadequate to the task".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

Previous reports have also found mental health care services to be inadequate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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

True, each tribesman brought some provisions, but that supply would be inadequate to the demands of such an occasion.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis

be inadequate

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