Inadequate

Definition

inadequate / Çn'ædÇkwǝt / adj ၁။ မလံုေလာက္ေသာ။ မဖူလံု ေသာ။ inadequate supplies / resources / preparation ❍ The safety precautions are totally / hopelessly / woefully inadequate. ၂။ ယံုၾကည္မႈနည္းေသာ။ စိတ္မခ်ေသာ။ I felt completely inadequate to cope with the job. ❑ inadequacy / Çn'ædÇkwǝsi / n ၁။ [U] ခ်ဳိ႕ငဲ့ျခင္း။ the inadequacy of our resources ❍ feel a sense of inadequacy. ၂။ [C] ~ in / of sth ခ်ဳိ႕ယြင္းခ်က္။ အားနည္းခ်က္။ gross inadequacies in the data ❍ the inadequacies of the present voting system. ❑ inadequately / Çn'ædÇkwǝtli / adv : be inadequately prepared / insured / trained.

Examples

1. Inadequate provision of health care
2. We are trying to provide basic education with inadequate resources.
3. [inadequate for] : Rail tracks that are inadequate for the loads carried on them
4. [inadequate to do something] : Existing laws are inadequate to deal with these problems.
5. [totally/quite/wholly inadequate] : The government’s response was condemned as totally inadequate.
6. Some people feel totally inadequate when faced with new responsibilities.