INADEQUATE

inadequate. Inadequate, a. defective, not proportionate, unequal

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In‐ad″e‐quate (?), a. [[Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inadéquat.]] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. Dryden. — In‐ad″e‐quate‐ly, adv. — In‐ad″e‐quate‐ness, n.