The road is inadequate for the amount of traffic which it carries.
Source: tatoeba (44670)
Inadequate
//ɪnˈædəkwɪt//
Synonyms for "inadequate" (209 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
falliblefatuitousfatuousfaultyfecklessfeebleflimsyforcelessfound wantingfruitlessfutilehalf assedhalf-assedhopelesshypoplasticill-matchedill-qualifiedill-sortedimmatureimpaired
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imperfectimpotentimpreciseimproperimpurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin short supplyinaccurateinaneinappreciableincapableincommensurateincompleteinconsiderableineffectiveineffectualinefficaciousinexactinfantinferiorinoperativeinvalidinvertebrateirregularlackinglittlemakeshiftmaladjustedmaladroitmeagremeanmediocre
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (104)
minusmiserablemismatchedmissingmixedneedingnot comparablenot enoughnot equal tonot good enoughnot in itnot perfectnot up tonugaciousnugatoryoddof no forceoffout of itout of proportion
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out of the runningpalepartpartialpatchypatheticpettyropyscantscantyscarcescrappyscrimpyshabbyshortshort ofshort staffedshysketchyskewskewedskimpyslightsmallsorryspinelesssterilestraitenedthintoo littletrivialunableunadaptedunadjustedunavailingunderdevelopedundevelopedunequalunequippedunevenunfinishedunfitunfittedunfulfillingungratifyingunperfectedunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunsatisfyingunskillfulunsoundunsufficingunsuitableunsuitedunthoroughuselessvainwantingweak
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 27 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- незадоволителен adj (Not adequate)
- неподходящ adj (Not adequate)
Catalan
1 entries- inadequat adj (Not adequate)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不夠 /不够 adj (Not adequate)
- 不足 adj (Not adequate)
- 不適當 /不适当 adj (Not adequate)
Dutch
4 entries- inadequaat adj (Not adequate)
- ongeschikt adj (Not adequate)
- ontoereikend adj (Not adequate)
- onvoldoende adj (Not adequate)
Esperanto
1 entries- nesufiĉa adj (Not adequate)
Faroese
3 entries- ikki nøktandi adj (Not adequate)
- vantandi adj (Not adequate)
- ónøktandi adj (Not adequate)
Finnish
4 entries- puutteellinen adj (Not adequate)
- riittämätön adj (Not adequate)
- sopimaton adj (Not adequate)
- vaillinainen adj (Not adequate)
French
1 entries- inadéquat adj (Not adequate)
Galician
1 entries- inadecuado adj (Not adequate)
Georgian
4 entries- არაადეკვატური adj (Not adequate)
- არათანაშეზომილი adj (Not adequate)
- არასაკმარისი adj (Not adequate)
- არასრულფასოვანი adj (Not adequate)
German
4 entries- inadäquat adj (Not adequate)
- unangemessen adj (Not adequate)
- ungeeignet adj (Not adequate)
- unzulänglich adj (Not adequate)
Hindi
1 entries- अपर्याप्त adj (Not adequate)
Hungarian
3 entries- alkalmatlan adj (Not adequate)
- elégtelen adj (Not adequate)
- inadekvát adj (Not adequate)
Italian
1 entries- inadeguato adj (Not adequate)
Japanese
2 entries- 不十分 adj (Not adequate)
- 不適当 adj (Not adequate)
Korean
2 entries- 부적절(不適切)하다 adj (Not adequate)
- 부족(不足)하다 adj (Not adequate)
Latin
1 entries- exiguus adj (Not adequate)
Macedonian
3 entries- неадеква́тен adj (Not adequate)
- недо́волен adj (Not adequate)
- непо́годен adj (Not adequate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utilstrekkelig adj (Not adequate)
Polish
4 entries- na złym poziomie adj (Not adequate)
- nie na poziomie adj (Not adequate)
- niedostateczny adj (Not adequate)
- niewystarczający adj (Not adequate)
Portuguese
1 entries- inadequado adj (Not adequate)
Romanian
3 entries- inadecvat adj (Not adequate)
- neadecvat adj (Not adequate)
- nepotrivit adj (Not adequate)
Russian
2 entries- неадеква́тный adj (Not adequate)
- недоста́точный adj (Not adequate)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अपर्याप्त adj (Not adequate)
Spanish
1 entries- inadecuado adj (Not adequate)
Tagalog
1 entries- disapat adj (Not adequate)
Turkish
3 entries- az adj (Not adequate)
- kıt adj (Not adequate)
- yetersiz adj (Not adequate)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
This complex situation arose because signals from the environment itself can be inadequate.
Source: tatoeba (62344)
I felt inadequate to the task.
Source: tatoeba (254366)
The chief pronounced that the technique was inadequate.
Source: tatoeba (267070)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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