Antonyms for inadequate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-ad-i-kwit
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt


Definition of inadequate

Origin :
  • 1670s; see in- (1) "not, opposite of" + adequate. Related: Inadequately.
  • adj defective, insufficient, incompetent
Example sentences :
  • They are really channels for the transmission, adequate or inadequate, of sense impressions.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • The light was daylight, but it was inadequate, as though charged with mist.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • My attempt at reproducing their spirit is pale and inadequate.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Beast is too inadequate a term to describe it, but I know no words to tell its form.
  • Extract from : « There is a Reaper ... » by Charles V. De Vet
  • A man can only speak so long as he does not feel his speech to be partial and inadequate.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Every thought in his inadequate brain was centered round his wife.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Then, too, he was sincerely regretting his inadequate hospitality.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The teaching is inadequate, if the appeal is only to the memory.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Their signalling devices were inadequate even to reach Earth.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • Brief and inadequate newspaper accounts are all that remain.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

Synonyms for inadequate

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