inadequate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inadequate/ɪnˈadɪkwət/
▶adjective
- 1 lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient.
- 2 unable to deal with a situation or with life.
– derivatives
inadequacy noun (pl. inadequacies),
inadequately adverb.
inadequacy noun (pl. inadequacies),
inadequately adverb.
'inadequate' also found in these Oxford entries:
Addison's disease
- angina
- can
- cyanosis
- damaged goods
- deficient
- derisory
- excuse
- fall
- fudge
- half-arsed
- half measure
- hole in the heart
- hypopigmentation
- ischaemia
- joke
- mal-
- miserable
- off
- pathetic
- pitiful
- pittance
- quick fix
- reject
- sad
- saddo
- scamp
- shoehorn
- shoestring
- social security
- straw
- thin
- underinsured
- under-represent
- unfit
- vigilante
