Adjective: inadequate in'a-di-kwut
- Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
"inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate";
- unequal
- Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
"an inadequate income";
- poor, short, jejune
See also: adequacy, adequateness, deficient, incapable, incompetent, insufficient, lacking, short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned, understaffed, unequal to, unsatisfactory, wanting
Antonym: adequate