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Meaning of inadequate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  inadequate
      adj 1: lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a
             task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate";
             "she was unequal to the task" [syn: {inadequate},
             {unequal}] [ant: {adequate}, {equal}]
      2: not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a
         poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is
         in short supply"; "short on experience" [syn: {inadequate},
         {poor}, {short}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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