Inadequate is an English word with synonyms like deficient or short. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Inadequate meaning
Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
Synonyms of Inadequate
Using Inadequate
- The main meaning on this page is: Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
- Useful related words include: deficient, short, poor, adequate.
- In the example corpus, inadequate often appears in combinations such as: and inadequate, inadequate and, an inadequate.
Context around Inadequate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inadequate
- In this selection, "inadequate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, namely, screening, highly, staffing, power and screening stand out and add context to how "inadequate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an inadequate score means and are an inadequate match for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inadequate" sits close to words such as automotive, diana and faithful, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inadequate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alleged violations included inadequate healthcare, wrongful detention, cruel treatment and intimidation. (11 words)
Another concern voiced by residents is the inadequate parking space provided by the restaurant. (14 words)
An independent report has now revealed claims of abuse and bullying, inappropriate restraints, suspensions and inadequate staffing levels. (18 words)
In the meantime there are a variety of socioeconomic factors that may be contributing to the staggering mortality rate among African-American women with breast cancer—namely inadequate screening, inadequate treatment, and lack of access to treatment. (37 words)
A group comprised of Newgame and Bruellan called the offer 'inadequate', arguing it 'significantly undervalues' the company and criticising its exclusion of GAM's fund services arm, which will be offloaded as part of the agreement. (36 words)
A senior surgeon has defended the consultant at the centre of the spinal surgery crisis at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, saying he was performing a “huge volume” of highly complex procedures with inadequate resources. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
But there are also reasons to worry that the policy may fall short, not because the spending is inadequate, but because of one crucial limiting factor: an inadequate power grid.
In the meantime there are a variety of socioeconomic factors that may be contributing to the staggering mortality rate among African-American women with breast cancer—namely inadequate screening, inadequate treatment, and lack of access to treatment.
Over 90% of respondents believe the consumer protections for owners and purchasers of new apartments and dwellings are inadequate or highly inadequate.
The 117 that could not be completed were plagued by inadequate planning and inadequate coordination with the Department of Public Works and Highways and with the various local government units concerned.
And they have inadequate sitting capacity in the library, inadequate prescribed and recommended books, no clinical instructors available for the students and the laboratory does not meet the required standards.
However, to one degree or another, the large majority of prisoners at most times faced meager food rations, inadequate clothing, overcrowding, poorly insulated housing, poor hygiene, and inadequate health care.
There have been many problems and failures, but these have nearly always been attributable to inadequate analysis of requirements or inadequate management control.
A group comprised of Newgame and Bruellan called the offer 'inadequate', arguing it 'significantly undervalues' the company and criticising its exclusion of GAM's fund services arm, which will be offloaded as part of the agreement.
Alleged violations included inadequate healthcare, wrongful detention, cruel treatment and intimidation.
Although battery-powered vehicles are now just as impressive as their gas-guzzling siblings there remains one massive problem with owning one as the charging infrastructure across Britain is woefully inadequate.
A mother has revealed how she has been forced to change her disabled daughter on public toilet floors because of inadequate facilities.
And, too often your savings, benefits, and retirement income are an inadequate match for your retirement needs, wants, and the unforeseen costs that can occur.
And yet the entities working to stop the spread of the ants — including the Oahu Invasive Species Committee and the Hawaii Ant Lab — are underfunded, with inadequate staffing.
An expert panel criticised inadequate leadership at the Hesley Group, which ran the homes, as well as failures of regulation.
An 'inadequate' score means a service is severely underperforming, and normally results in it being placed under special measures by the CQC, with further checks being carried out.
An independent report has now revealed claims of abuse and bullying, inappropriate restraints, suspensions and inadequate staffing levels.
Another concern voiced by residents is the inadequate parking space provided by the restaurant.
Another school run by Progress Schools in was rated inadequate last year and was not meeting required standards when it was visited by the schools regulator in March.
A nursery in Wigan has performed a huge turnaround after being deemed “inadequate” in all areas earlier in the year by a watchdog.
A senior surgeon has defended the consultant at the centre of the spinal surgery crisis at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, saying he was performing a “huge volume” of highly complex procedures with inadequate resources.
Common combinations with inadequate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and inadequate 23×
- inadequate and 14×
- an inadequate 11×
- to inadequate 11×
- are inadequate 8×
- woefully inadequate 8×
- of inadequate 8×
- with inadequate 8×
- the inadequate 8×
- inadequate to 8×