inadequately
/ɪnˈadɪkwətli/
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American sound/ɪnˈadɪkwətli/
ɪnˈadɪkwətli
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- 2nd syllable stress
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ɪn - ˈadɪkwətli -> inadequately
Myanmar meaning
(adv) မလုံလောက်စွာ။
Full entry
inadequate / Çn'ædÇkwǝt / adj
၁။ မလုံလောက်သော။ မဖူလုံ သော။ inadequate supplies / resources / preparation ❍ The safety precautions are totally / hopelessly / woefully inadequate.
၂။ ယုံကြည်မှုနည်းသော။ စိတ်မချသော။ I felt completely inadequate to cope with the job.
❑ inadequacy / Çn'ædÇkwǝsi / n
၁။ [U] ချို့ငဲ့ခြင်း။ the inadequacy of our resources ❍ feel a sense of inadequacy.
၂။ [C] ~ in / of sth ချို့ယွင်းချက်။ အားနည်းချက်။ gross inadequacies in the data ❍ the inadequacies of the present voting system.
❑ inadequately / Çn'ædÇkwǝtli / adv : be inadequately prepared / insured / trained.
More examples
- Inadequate provision of health care
- We are trying to provide basic education with inadequate resources.
- [inadequate for] : Rail tracks that are inadequate for the loads carried on them
- [inadequate to do something] : Existing laws are inadequate to deal with these problems.
- [totally/quite/wholly inadequate] : The government’s response was condemned as totally inadequate.
- Some people feel totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities.
Synonyms
insufficient, not enough, scarce, too little, derisory, laughable, poor, bare, barren, bush-league, defective, deficient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, found wanting, glitch, hopeless, imperfect, impotent, inappreciable, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, inconsiderable, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, insubstantial, junk, lacking, lame, lemon, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, scant, scanty, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stinted, stunted, thin, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, unsatisfactory, weak
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