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Replaced: "not fit for the purpose" with "insufficient for a purpose" (more accurate). Added: "lacking in quality or quantity required".
 
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{{also|inadéquate}}
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==English==
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|inadæquate||archaic}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{prefix|en|in|adequate}}
From {{prefix|en|in|adequate}}.


===Alternative forms===
===Pronunciation===
* {{l|en|inadæquate}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inadequate.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{hyph|en|in|ad|e|quate}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}
{{en-adj}}


# Not [[adequate]]; not fit for the purpose
# Not [[adequate]]; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
#: {{syn|en|insufficient|deficient}}
#: {{syn|en|insufficient|deficient|Thesaurus:inadequate}}
#: {{ux|en|'''inadequate''' resources}}
#: {{ux|en|'''inadequate''' resources}}
#: {{ux|en|'''inadequate''' representation}}
#: {{ux|en|'''inadequate''' representation}}
#* {{quote-book |en |year=1971 |author=w:Lyndon Johnson |chapter=The Beginning |title=w:The Vantage Point |url=https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/ |publisher=w:Holt, Reinhart & Winston |ISBN=0-03-084492-4 |LCCN=74-102146 |OCLC=1067880747 |page=12 |pageurl=https://archive.org/details/vantagepointpers00john/page/12/ |text=I had not yet seen Mrs. Kennedy. I wondered with what '''inadequate''' words I could try to console her.}}
#* '''2013''' June 18, [[w:Simon Romero|Simon Romero]], "[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/americas/brazilian-leaders-brace-for-more-protests.html Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders]," ''New York Times'' <small>(retrieved 21 June 2013)</small>:
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=June 18 2013|author=w:Simon Romero|title=Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders|titleurl=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/americas/brazilian-leaders-brace-for-more-protests.html|journal=New York Times|accessdate=21 June 2013
#*: In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully '''inadequate'''.
|passage=In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully '''inadequate'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022 January 12|author=Paul Bigland|title=Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate|journal=RAIL|issue=948|page=28|text=By the 21st century, the clearly '''inadequate''' facilities needed to be replaced, so the area was rebuilt and modernised between 2009-13 as part of regeneration efforts focused upon the wider area.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=29 June 2023|journal=Metro|location=London|page=13|column=5|passage=“Russia is a terrorist country whose leader is an '''inadequate''' person”. Putin's failings are evident to the “entire world”, he said.}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|inadequately}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|inadequacy}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|inadequat}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|inadequat}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|不適當|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|不适当|tr=bùshìdāng|sc=Hani}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t+|cmn|不足|tr=bùzú|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|不夠|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|不够|tr=bùgòu|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|不適當|tr=bùshìdāng}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t+|cmn|不足|tr=bùzú}}, {{t+|cmn|不夠|tr=bùgòu}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onvoldoende}}, {{t+|nl|inadequaat}}, {{t+|nl|ontoereikend}}, {{t+|nl|ongeschikt}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|onvoldoende}}, {{t+|nl|inadequaat}}, {{t+|nl|ontoereikend}}, {{t+|nl|ongeschikt}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ónøktandi}}, {{t|fo|vantandi}}, {{t|fo|ikki nøktandi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puutteellinen}}, {{t+|fi|sopimaton}}, {{t+|fi|vaillinainen}}, {{t+|fi|riittämätön}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puutteellinen}}, {{t+|fi|sopimaton}}, {{t+|fi|vaillinainen}}, {{t+|fi|riittämätön}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inadéquat}}
* French: {{t+|fr|inadéquat}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|inadecuado}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|inadecuado}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|არაადეკვატური}}, {{t|ka|შეუსაბამო}}, {{t|ka|შეუფერებელი}}, {{t|ka|არაშესატყვისი}}, {{t|ka|არასაკმარისი}}, {{t|ka|არათანაშეზომილი}}, {{t|ka|არასრულფასოვანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|unangemessen}}, {{t+|de|unzulänglich}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|inadekvát}}, {{t+|hu|alkalmatlan}}, {{t+|hu|elégtelen}}
* German: {{t+|de|unzureichend}}, {{t+|de|unzulänglich}}, {{t+|de|unangemessen}}, {{t+|de|ungeeignet}}, {{t+|de|inadäquat}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|inadekvát}}, {{t+|hu|alkalmatlan}}, {{t+|hu|elégtelen}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|inadeguato|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|inadeguato}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|不適当|tr=ふてきとう, futekitō|sc=Jpan}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t|ja|不十分|tr=ふじゅうぶん, fujūbun|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|不適当|tr=ふてきとう, futekitō|sc=Jpan}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t+|ja|不十分|tr=ふじゅうぶん, fujūbun|sc=Jpan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|부족(不足)하다}}, {{t+|ko|부적절(不適切)하다}}
* Korean: {{t+check|ko|부족|tr=[[不足]]한|alt=부족한|sc=Kore}}<!-- probably needs romaja too? is it okay to link put hanja in |tr= ? -->
* Latin: {{t|la|exiguus}}
* Latin: {{t|la|exiguus}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|неадеква́тен}}, {{t|mk|недо́волен}}, {{t|mk|непо́годен}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|utilstrekkelig}}
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|utilstrekkelig}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|nie na poziomie}}, {{t|pl|na złym poziomie}}, {{t+|pl|niewystarczający}}, {{t+|pl|niedostateczny}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inadequado}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inadequado}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inadecvat|m|n}}, {{t+|ro|neadecvat|m|n}}, {{t|ro|inadecvată|f}}, {{t|ro|neadecvată|f}}, {{t+|ro|nepotrivit|m|n}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|inadecvat}}, {{t+|ro|neadecvat}}, {{t+|ro|nepotrivit}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|неадеква́тный|tr=neadɛkvátnyj}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t+|ru|недоста́точный}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|неадеква́тный|tr=neadɛkvátnyj}}, {{qualifier|insufficient}} {{t+|ru|недоста́точный}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|अपर्याप्त}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inadecuado}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inadecuado}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|disapat}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|disapat}}
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{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# An individual who is inadequate.
# A person who is inadequate.
#* '''2012''', Norman T. Feather, ''The Psychological Impact of Unemployment''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2012|author=Norman T. Feather|title=The Psychological Impact of Unemployment
#*: Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of '''inadequates''', the hardcore unemployed {{...}}
|passage=Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of '''inadequates''', the hardcore unemployed {{...}}}}

Latest revision as of 04:04, 23 October 2024

See also: inadéquate

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ adequate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧ad‧e‧quate

Adjective

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inadequate (comparative more inadequate, superlative most inadequate)

  1. Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
    Synonyms: insufficient, deficient; see also Thesaurus:inadequate
    inadequate resources
    inadequate representation
    • 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point‎[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:
      I had not yet seen Mrs. Kennedy. I wondered with what inadequate words I could try to console her.
    • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 June 2013:
      In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:
      By the 21st century, the clearly inadequate facilities needed to be replaced, so the area was rebuilt and modernised between 2009-13 as part of regeneration efforts focused upon the wider area.
    • 2023 June 29, Metro, London, page 13, column 5:
      “Russia is a terrorist country whose leader is an inadequate person”. Putin's failings are evident to the “entire world”, he said.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:inadequate.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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inadequate (plural inadequates)

  1. A person who is inadequate.
    • 2012, Norman T. Feather, The Psychological Impact of Unemployment:
      Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]
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