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Synonyms for inadequate:


adj. defective, insufficient, incompetent

deficient
faulty
incompetent
incomplete
lacking
meager
poor
scarce
sketchy
skimpy
unequal
weak
bare
barren
bush-league
depleted
dry
failing
feeble
glitch
imperfect
impotent
inappreciable
inapt
incapable
incommensurate
inconsiderable
insubstantial
junk
lame
lemon
lousy
low
minus
miserly
parsimonious
scanty
short
shy
small
spare
sparse
sterile
stinted
stunted
thin
unproductive
unqualified

Examples of uses:

It makes me feel inadequate, you know what I mean?
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The word no seems so wildly inadequate all of a sudden.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Will it make up for my feeling inadequate and helpless?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
So it's quite normal to forget things and feel inadequate?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
I seem always to come upon you with inadequate notice.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
The result is an inadequate blood flow to your internal organs.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Well, I'm feeling very inadequate about the whole thing.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Last month you were nearly kidnapped, your protection was inadequate.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
She searches for reasons that won't make her feel inadequate.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
And I will not be made to feel inadequate by all this baby talk.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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