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- pronunciation:
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- Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition: |
not enough; not good enough.
She brought an inadequate amount of food to the picnic.He failed the test because his answers were inadequate.- synonyms:
- deficient, insufficient, lacking, short, unsatisfactory
- antonyms:
- adequate, enough, good, satisfactory, sufficient
- similar words:
- defective, flawed, imperfect, incapable, incompetent, incomplete, inferior, meager, poor, scarce, shy, unfit
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related words: |
awful, bad, bare, deficient, lame, low, scant, short, slender, stingy, thin, worthless |
derivations: |
inadequately (adv.), inadequacy (n.), inadequateness (n.) |
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