inadequate
Not enough; not good enough in quality or quantity for a particular purpose.
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Uso no IELTS
Criticising insufficient resources/steps in Task 2; describing problems in Reading and Speaking.
Exemplos
- Inadequate funding for mental health services has worsened the crisis.
- Many rural schools suffer from inadequate access to the internet.
Collocations
- inadequate funding
- Inadequate funding for public transport leads to overcrowding and delays.
Família de palavras
- Substantivo
- inadequacy
- Adjetivo
- inadequate
- Advérbio
- inadequately
Paráfrases
- insufficient: More formal, used for quantities.
- not up to standard: Focuses on quality, common in speaking.
Erros comuns
- inadequate of resources to inadequate resources. 'Inadequate' is an adjective, so it directly modifies the noun.
- It is inadequate to do to It is inadequate for doing/to do. Use preposition 'for' or infinitive sometimes, but check context.