inadequate

inadequate is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
2. adjective. lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

   "inadequate training"

   "the staff was inadequate"

   Synonyms: unequal

3. adjective. not sufficient to meet a need

   "an inadequate income"

   "a poor salary"

   Synonyms: poor, short

Synonyms

unequal, poor, short

Common word forms

inadequately, inadequateness

Words from these letters

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