🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- proportionate 70
- chippy 51
- Regular 115
- pacesetter 10
- coward 311
- Laid 2
- pioneer 95
- postwar 7
- Casualties 12
- underpinning 21
- get a move on 18
- pic 9
- rod 286
- Pad 25
- hard sell 34
- hydrofluorocarbon 6
- community-wide 49
- React 218
- spheroidicity 5
- pram 11
- circulator 26
- granola 49
- Fantastically 50
- spf 10
- Diabetic 89
- blacken 48
- Amused 75
- protestation 7
- crumple 98
- swing 389
- tactfully 78
- grumbler 52
- much 117
- vandal 310
- often 133
- plausibly 26
- rue 10
- argyle 35
- alarmist 39
- beauty contest 48
- amatory 40
- plutocracy 6
- ireland 7
- underline 341
- biz 49
- uptown 7
- prepared 76
- forbearing 29
- Cub 34
- platforming 5
- seviche 5
- luting 8
- julep 8
- Tip 92
- crimson 113
- scot 7
- Vocabulary 152
- rowdy 79
- await 348
- ire 13
- stylus 10
- Spectator 71
- enchanter 48
- profession 322
- underhand 39
- chromaticism 17
- Subsume 55
- Platter 70
- Crisis 138
- derisory 62
- weeny 7
- suspect 342
- distract 210
- irritable bowel syndrome 34
- Tonga 2
- diagnostics 45
- qld 8
- estate car 28
- godfather 57
- ma 44
- poppet 7
- go walkabout 27
- tonight 13
- full-bodied 47
- son 236
- Slope 80
- Relocate 1
- commuter 51
- cappuccino 54
- guarantee 363
- artistic 304
- gum up 38
- baddie 73
- Nominal 81
- thinking 70
- paleo 36
- Orgy 44
- graphite 54
- autocracy 112
- Declassified 64
- red-letter 18
- pustule 8
- braggart 51
- proprietary 93
- Custom 141
- reputational 22
- coating 61
- bayonet 59
- flipper 59
- bedroll 45
- conglomerate 182
- tomato 331
- Denis 17
- unwaged 9
- transference 7
- monastery 34
- renewable 102
- carbon 360
- principalness 6
- wanna 9
- commandant 62
- expressly 158
- unendingly 6
- soldiering 6
- Complicate 1
- Robber 98
- wetter 4
- teel 5
- ment 8
- blotched 57
- vein 70
- sack 356
- Malefaction 21
- typology 7
- valley 381
- orchestral 7
- Flow 70
- maladroit 16
- underemployed 45
- BVD 35
- As though 13
- hike 171
- strategies 21
- Responsive 50
- parliamentarianism 6
- opinionated 84
- trafficked 95
- pontiac 8
- importing 7
- gearhead 6
- inhale 140
- vending machine 17
- Susceptible 46
- godlike 52
- parking lot 27
- doped 16
- Knit 29
- hijinks 5
- incomparably 8
- eastern 304
- nighties 6
- Penalty 146
- muskiest 7
- inquire 339
- drave 7
- Finding 41
- truncheon 5
- Amount 63
- Pitch 42
- ecologically 43
- preschool 47
- phantom 127
- scholastic 60
- summing 4
- zoning 13
- Tasting 11
- equivocate 59
- get away with murder 33
- pretrial 9
- product 373
- corpulence 9
- sholom 5
- briefs 32
- scrounge 6
- Joyful 44
- humpy 5
- nilotic 12
- sobful 3
- easygoingness 17
- manufacturing 149
- relax 378
- cabinet 363
- narc 6
- hungover 10
- royalism 4
- delicacy 84
- chanteuse 4
- losable 7
- Fanatic 92
- shoehorn 3
- thirdly 241
- clotting 43
- conductress 9
- measurement 410
- the sound barrier 17
- megalomaniac 8
- room 199
- shone 11
- unpack 103
- Repent 168
- courtesy of 21
- Laid back 1
- raspy 8
- check off 33
- whisk 7
- cyrillic 32
- fair trade 35
- dull 349
- fool 351
- therm 11
- fidgety 60
- photostat 10
- sidelong 9
- Ultimatum 13
- sook 5
- sensor 134
- bakery 94
- Factor 165
- Hype 77
- snazzy 14
- incubate 10
- rapist 12
- FAINT 84
- validate 58
- westmost 5
- paradoxical 24
- aura 77
- walkable 6
- colourless 29
- favour 293
- pitchout 5
- pull up 34
- Assistance 93
- flushed 44
- dilettante 71
- overflow 53
- hammerless 25
- intense 330
- halogen 38
- voluntary 363
- anthill 61
- satisfied 138
- burn off 46
- Frank 78
- clinic 137
- Echo 106
- Symbolize 123
- original 362
- genetic 313
- Hit 158
- gladiator 53
- Device 172
- playgroup 11
- vs. 9
- thoroughly 187
- undecided 109
- instance 364
- land 162
- cosset 57
- shopwalker 8
- guess 88
- casanova 44
- preemptive 12
- Research 128
- hazy 20
- dismission 17
- persuasive 142
- consolidated 98
- reframe 47
- change down 36
- coast 565
- fall in 44
- Impetus 122
- Mosquito 60
- Antidote 28
- mystery 373
- discontented 55
- pediatrician 26
- challenger 42
- m 42
- catsup 58
- olive branch 25
- Headline 113
- mores 7
- Require 179
- Parasitic 53
- whiny 136
- extremely 311
- priestly 8
- alternative 417
- crustiest 22
- brigadier 63
- carpet-bombing 33
- Aggressive 159
- fruited 31
- sackcloth 132
- rapidly 257
- fuck 69
- crescendo 64
- seismology 51
- stratospheric 17
- Anonymous 149
- Bubble 73
- Subsequently 91
- loyal 335
- daunton 6
- lookdown 13
- Prey 51
- peperoni 5
- In vain 19
- virulence 6
- therefrom 5
- helicopter 348
- haole 9
- lippiest 6
- butte 60
- slope 343
- bullseye 28
- on the alert 26
- incredulity 7
- look out for 23
- insure 308
- black marketeer 39
- throwback 7
- cover-up 45
- indiscriminate 21
- saki 5
- associate 337
- plentiful 297
- strode 9
- fancy dress 45
- director general 38
- topee 8
- cornrow 34
- Miry 29
- u 13
- opposite 334
- Legend 46
- out of reach 20
- bilirubin 12
- Handsome 69
- downtown 118
- clipper 58
- attendant 91
- waterline 7
- consentingly 4
- Childish 153
- Satisfactory 151
- veterinary 53
- convex 57
- chatterbox 59
- tutee 7
- line 410
- agonized 69
- hydroplane 11
- appreciate 376
- halter 51
- AIRTIGHT 41
- glitzy 60
- subgroup 7
- scintillating 60
- Mimic 43
- wa 9
- laryngeal 7
- geographic 149
- foraging 41
- reversion 7
- shredded 7
- esp 47
- Opponent 39
- poss. 3
- ethel 6
- specific 352
- retain 394
- unforgivable 7
- grottiest 22
- gin 105
- populate 63
- objectionable 5
- raga 7
- grumble 180
- snake pit 2
- qt 11
- prostitute 10
- assailant 122
- labor 152
- outgrowth 136
- thirst 360
- rx 8
- for effect 13
- frying pan 53
- employment 344
- devoted 187
- Despicable 48
- unmarried 7
- shampoo 374
- Greek 277
- decaffeinated 59
- perverse 149
- ineradicable 8
- call 244
- sleep over 35
- stuck-up 117
- snug 154
- morrow 9
- chopper 60
- artifactual 25
- bon 24
- frappé 6
- Pear 100
- pointy 34
- harness 338
- theatrics 7
- croaky 26
- Puppet 79
- bitter 346
- carry 154
- Vertical 92
- pulping 4
- cheddar 48
- loveable 4
- logbook 85
- Browse 123
- syncretism 3
- ply 124
- involvement 178
- unban 6
- update 159
- excess 335
- Gutter 63
- rogue 63
- digitization 26
- pitting 7
- rapids 5
- ai 75
- endue 18
- erode 183
- demagogue 128
- Desire 152
- swats 5
- xenon 9
- thatness 5
- justifiable 85
- from now on 30
- region 405
- purchase 374
- double-spacing 31
- aloud 330
- ukulele 58
- steer 309
- take effect 3
- scribble 149
- Flame 164
- unknowingly 87
- motorcar 8
- as well as 25
- roasted 29
- whiz 13
- abhor 123
- cine 36
- ductal 30
- irrelevant 180
- bulgaria 35
- Wedge 27
- Opponents 10
- stitch 346
- starvation 352
- vehicle 499
- vdt 8
- hit man 46
- catering 49
- infirmity 29
- regain 55
- bedspread 49
- form 202
- aeronautics 64
- tagine 5
- rusher 6
- tear down 14
- absurdly 11
- feminine 57
- Come across 16
- Bacteria 142
- Simply 70
- plosive 8
- exportation 34
- blue 134
- gastroenteritis 48
- inhumanities 4
- wisdom 339
inadequate
adjective
in·ad·e·quate (ˌ)i-ˈna-di-kwət 
: not adequate : not enough or good enough : insufficient
inadequately adverb
inadequateness noun
Example Sentences
These supplies are inadequate to meet our needs. We were given very inadequate information. I felt inadequate to the task. Her brother's success and popularity always made her feel inadequate.
Recent Examples on the Web Claims on social media afterward were that the festival, with an official daily capacity of 40,000, had been oversold and was over capacity, with inadequate staffing to assist those in the mosh pit. 
Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Benson faces a lawsuit from the Public Interest Legal Foundation alleging that the program in place to remove deceased voters from the rolls is inadequate. Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency issued a lengthy report in 2020, outlining major shortfalls in Jackson’s water system, which included a failure to replace lead pipes, faulty monitoring equipment and inadequate staffing. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 The Justice Department said an offer by Assa Abloy and Spectrum Brands to divest assets to obtain antitrust clearance was inadequate. Jan Wolfe, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 The union members there say inadequate staffing is depriving patients of care and preventing them from doing their jobs effectively. Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Young said inadequate staffing at the store is one of the chief complaints of union organizers. CBS News, 19 July 2022 During Covid-19, the agency has struggled with many unfilled positions and inadequate staffing that led to lapses in coverage at quarantine stations, burnout, and high turnover. Michele Barry, STAT, 3 July 2022 Across the economy, many businesses evolved and adapted to stay afloat, but now struggle with a combination of rising inflation and inadequate staffing. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022 See More
Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 Benson faces a lawsuit from the Public Interest Legal Foundation alleging that the program in place to remove deceased voters from the rolls is inadequate. Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency issued a lengthy report in 2020, outlining major shortfalls in Jackson’s water system, which included a failure to replace lead pipes, faulty monitoring equipment and inadequate staffing. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 The Justice Department said an offer by Assa Abloy and Spectrum Brands to divest assets to obtain antitrust clearance was inadequate. Jan Wolfe, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 The union members there say inadequate staffing is depriving patients of care and preventing them from doing their jobs effectively. Chris Isidore, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Young said inadequate staffing at the store is one of the chief complaints of union organizers. CBS News, 19 July 2022 During Covid-19, the agency has struggled with many unfilled positions and inadequate staffing that led to lapses in coverage at quarantine stations, burnout, and high turnover. Michele Barry, STAT, 3 July 2022 Across the economy, many businesses evolved and adapted to stay afloat, but now struggle with a combination of rising inflation and inadequate staffing. Corrinne Hess, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1671, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of inadequate was in 1671 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文