inadequateadjective
uk/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/C1 not good enough or too low in quality:
This work is woefully (= extremely) inadequate - you'll have to do it again.
C1 too small in amount:
She rejected the $2 million offer as totally inadequate.
not confident enough to deal with a situation:
Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it.
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Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downmarket
- downscale
- inadequacy
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- of sorts idiom
- tacky
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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Scarce, inadequate and not enough
Shy and modest
Confidence & self-assurance
inadequately
adverb uk/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət.li/us/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət.li/
Our scientific research is inadequately funded.