inadequate
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
inadequate training
Related & opposite
- unsatisfactory also see
- adequate antonym
- adequacy attribute
- inadequateness derivation
- deficient similar to
- unequal top similar to
- short-handed similar to
Sense 2 adjective
not sufficient to meet a need
an inadequate income
Related & opposite
- inadequateness derivation
- leanness derivation
- shortness derivation
- insufficient similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unsatisfactory |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | adequate |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequateness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | deficient |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unequal top |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | short-handed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leanness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shortness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | insufficient |