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- pronunciation:
- In
ae
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kwiht
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
not enough; not good enough.
不充足的, 不够好的
She brought an inadequate amount of food to the picnic.He failed the test because his answers were inadequate.她带来野餐的食物不充足。他考试不及格以为他的答案不够好。- 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.) |
The word inadequate
contains the following part:
equ, equi
Latin
root
that means equal
  Example words:
adequate, equal, equality, equation, equator, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equivalent, inadequate, inequality, unequal
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