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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task;
- Example: "inadequate training"
- Example: "the staff was inadequate"
- Example: "she was unequal to the task"
[syn: inadequate, unequal]

2. not sufficient to meet a need;
- Example: "an inadequate income"
- Example: "a poor salary"
- Example: "money is short"
- Example: "on short rations"
- Example: "food is in short supply"
- Example: "short on experience"
[syn: inadequate, poor, short]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
   inad['e]quat.]
   Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
   deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
   representations, etc. --Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv.
   -- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inadequate
    adj 1: lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a
           task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate";
           "she was unequal to the task" [syn: inadequate,
           unequal] [ant: adequate, equal]
    2: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
       poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is
       in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: inadequate,
       poor, short]