inadequate
/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is inadequate.
Example Sentences
- "inadequate resources"
- "inadequate representation"
- "I had not yet seen Mrs. Kennedy. I wondered with what inadequate words I could try to console her."
- "In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate."
- "By the 21st century, the clearly inadequate facilities needed to be replaced, so the area was rebuilt and modernised between 2009-13 as part of regeneration efforts focused upon the wider area."
- "“Russia is a terrorist country whose leader is an inadequate person”. Putin's failings are evident to the “entire world”, he said."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate English inadequate From in- + adequate.
Inflected Forms
more inadequate (comparative)
most inadequate (superlative)
inadæquate (alternative, archaic)
inadequates (plural)