Similar Words

— deficient
— inadequacy
— inadequately
— incapable
— incompetent
— indecent
— indicate
— indicted
— indigence
— indigent
— indignant
— indignity
— induce
— induced
— inducible
— induct
— industry
— insufficient
— intake
— integrate
— integrative
— integrity
— intoxicate
— intoxicated
— lacking
— short-handed
— short-staffed
— undermanned
— understaffed
— unequal to
— unsatisfactory
— wanting

Misspelling

iinadequate, imadequate, inaadequaate, inaddequate, inadeequatee, inadeqaute, inadeqquate, inadequat, inadequatte, inadequuate, innadequate, nadequate, niadequate

Inadequate — synonyms, inadequate antonyms, definition

1. inadequate (a)

78 synonyms

bad barren boneless circumscribed clumsy confined cramped defective deficient delicate emasculate exiguous faulty feeble flimsy forceless fragile frail futile hasty • • •

2. inadequate (Adjective)

1 synonym

unequal

1 antonym

adequate

2 definitions

inadequate (Adjective) — Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task. ex. "inadequate training" ex. "the staff was inadequate"

inadequate (Adjective) — Not sufficient to meet a need. ex. "an inadequate income"

2 see also

adequacy adequateness