inadequate

adj.
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.

inadequately in·ad'e·quate·ly adv.

adjective

1. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement: deficient, insufficient, scarce, short, shy¹, under, wanting. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. Lacking capability: incapable, incompetent, unequal, unfit, unqualified. See ability/inability, excess/insufficiency/enough.
3. Not capable of accomplishing anything: helpless, impotent, incapable, ineffectual, powerless, weak. See ability/inability, strong/weak.

adj

Definition: defective, insufficient, incompetent
Antonyms: able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task
  Antonym: adequate (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: not sufficient to meet a need
  Synonyms: poor, short

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilstrækkelig, mangelfuld, inkompetent, ufyldestgørende, uhensigtsmæssig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontoereikend, inadequaat

Français (French)
adj. - inadéquat, insuffisant, déficient, faible (un mot), complexé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - inadäquat, unzulänglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπαρκής, ατελής

Italiano (Italian)
inadeguato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inadequado

Русский (Russian)
не отвечающий требованиям

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inadecuado, insuficiente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - inadekvat, olämplig, bristfällig, oriktig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不充分的, 不适当的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不充分的, 不適當的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부적당한, 불충분한, 사회 부적격의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不十分な, 不適当な, 社会生活に不適格な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مناسب, غير كافي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מתאים, לא מספיק, לא כשיר, לקוי‬

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