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inadequate

/in-ad-i-kwit/US // ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt //UK // (ɪnˈædɪkwɪt) //

不够,不足,不足的,不够的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
    • : Psychiatry. ineffectual in response to emotional, social, intellectual, and physical demands in the absence of any obvious mental or physical deficiency.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.defective, insufficient, incompetent
Synonyms
deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺faulty有问题的,有缺陷的,错误的,有问题incompetent无能的,无能,不胜任,不胜任的incomplete不完整,不完整的,不完全,不全面lacking匮乏的,缺少,匮乏,缺乏meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷scarce稀缺,缺少,匮乏,紧张sketchy简略的,简略,简约的,简约skimpy马虎了事,马虎,马虎不得,马虎的unequal不平等,不平等的,不公平,不公平的weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱bare光光的,赤裸裸的,光光,裸露的barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的bush-league丛林联盟,布什联盟,灌木联盟,灌木丛联盟depleted枯竭的,枯竭,耗尽,耗尽的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式failing失败,失败的,失效,失误feeble软弱无力,衰弱,弱小,软弱found wanting匮乏,匮乏的,不足为奇,不足之处是glitch突发事件,故障,小故障,突发情况imperfect不完善,不完美,不完善的,不完美的impotent无能为力,无能,无能的人,无能的inappreciable难能可贵,不值一提,不值钱,不值钱的inapt不合时宜,不合适的,不合时宜的,不适用incapable无能的,无能,无能力的,无能力incommensurate不可通约,不可通约的,不通透,不通透的inconsiderable微不足道,不足道,不足为奇,不足道的insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性junk垃圾,垃圾桶,废料,杂物lame跛脚,蹩脚的,跛脚的,瘸腿的lemon柠檬,檬,柠条lousy蹩脚的,糟糕的,蹩脚,糟糕的是low低,低的,低位,低级minus减去,减去了,负数,减少miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬niggardly卑鄙的,卑鄙的人,胆小的,胆小的人not enough不够,不够用,不足,不够的parsimonious吝啬的,吝啬的人,精明的,简洁的scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的small小,小型,小的,小型的spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间sparse稀少的,稀疏的,稀疏,寥寥无几sterile不育,不孕不育,不育的,不育症stunted矮小的,矮小,发育不良,发育不良的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细too little太少,太少了,过少,太小unproductive无益的,徒劳无功,徒劳无功的,无成效的unqualified不合格的,不合格,无资格,无保留的

Examples

  • She characterized the GOP plan as inadequate on multiple fronts.

  • Ellington needs help raising inadequate salary levels and relieving the pressure of its big fundraising needs.

  • Setting up such systems is a money- and labor-intensive process, no easy thing for public health departments facing inadequate funding and staffing while simultaneously fighting a once-in-a-generation pandemic.

  • The US vaccination effort has been disastrously delayed by limited supplies, an inadequate federal distribution plan, and the growing threat that more-transmissible variants of Covid-19 are spreading.

  • City officials argue that day-care workers are still a high-priority group, but with an inadequate supply of vaccines, they are forced to make tough decisions.

  • Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

  • The city has taken inadequate steps or no steps at all to control the violent acts of its law-enforcement personnel.

  • There was also the question of inadequate protective gear and insufficient instruction.

  • The totally inadequate international response must shoulder blame as well.

  • “There was a sense the response had been inadequate and slow,” Reed says.

  • Every human being behind that absurdly inadequate wall was exposed to constant and equal danger.

  • Hilda's assumption that the ageing woman had telegraphed for her on inadequate grounds had proved to be quite wrong.

  • It goes no further than the denunciation of the peer, and the raising of a subscription (generally inadequate) for the sufferers.

  • That Determinist conclusion would be followed by the usual inadequate subscription.

  • One would be unwilling to press a certain lack of enthusiasm for their King, or a suspicion of inadequate generalship.