Inadequate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

not sufficient to meet a need

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˈædɪkwət/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnˈadɪkwət/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnˈadɪkwət/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪnˈædɪkwət/.

Examples

inadequate training
the staff was inadequate
she was unequal to the task

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

short unequal poor

Antonyms

adequate

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task “inadequate training”
adjective	not sufficient to meet a need “an inadequate income”

Word Forms

inadequateness	noun	unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
poorness	noun	the quality of being meager; -George Eliot
shortness	noun	the condition of being short of something

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unzureichend

Es mangelt an den erforderlichen Qualitäten oder Ressourcen, um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen

🇫🇷French

inadéquat

manque des qualités ou des ressources requises pour accomplir une tâche

🇪🇸Spanish

inadecuado

Carecer de las cualidades o recursos necesarios para realizar una tarea.

🇮🇹Italian

inadeguato

privi delle qualità o delle risorse necessarie per svolgere un compito

🇳🇱Dutch

ontoereikend

het ontbreekt aan de vereiste kwaliteiten of middelen om een taak uit te voeren

🇵🇹Portuguese

inadequado

sem as qualidades ou recursos necessários para cumprir uma tarefa

🇷🇺Russian

неадекватный

отсутствие необходимых качеств или ресурсов для выполнения задачи

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अपर्याप्त

किसी कार्य को पूरा करने के लिए आवश्यक गुणों या संसाधनों का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অপর্যাপ্ত

একটি কাজ পূরণের জন্য প্রয়োজনীয় গুণাবলী বা সম্পদের অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

போதுமானதாக இல்லை

ஒரு பணியைச் சந்திக்க தேவையான குணங்கள் அல்லது வளங்கள் இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

సరిపోని

ఒక పనిని నెరవేర్చడానికి అవసరమైన లక్షణాలు లేదా వనరులు లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपुरा

कार्य पूर्ण करण्यासाठी आवश्यक गुण किंवा संसाधने नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપૂરતું

કાર્યને પહોંચી વળવા માટે જરૂરી ગુણો અથવા સંસાધનોનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮರ್ಪಕ

ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸಲು ಅಗತ್ಯವಾದ ಗುಣಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲಗಳ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപര്യാപ്തമായ

ഒരു ചുമതല നിറവേറ്റുന്നതിന് ആവശ്യമായ ഗുണങ്ങളോ വിഭവങ്ങളോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਾਕਾਫ਼ੀ

ਕਿਸੇ ਕੰਮ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਲੋੜੀਂਦੇ ਗੁਣਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਸਰੋਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناکافی

کسی کام کو پورا کرنے کے لیے مطلوبہ خصوصیات یا وسائل کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不足

缺乏完成任务所需的素质或资源

🇯🇵Japanese

不十分な

任務を果たすために必要な資質や資源が欠けている

🇰🇷Korean

부적당한

작업을 수행하는 데 필요한 자질이나 자원이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không đầy đủ

thiếu những phẩm chất hoặc nguồn lực cần thiết để đáp ứng một nhiệm vụ

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่เพียงพอ

ขาดคุณสมบัติหรือทรัพยากรที่จำเป็นเพื่อให้บรรลุภารกิจ

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak memadai

kurang kualitas atau sumber daya yang diperlukan untuk memenuhi tugas

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi sapat

kulang sa mga kinakailangang katangian o mapagkukunan upang matugunan ang isang gawain

🇲🇾Malay

tidak mencukupi

kekurangan kualiti atau sumber yang diperlukan untuk memenuhi tugas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير كافٍ

- الافتقار إلى الصفات أو الموارد المطلوبة للوفاء بالمهمة

🇮🇷Persian

ناکافی

فاقد کیفیت یا منابع لازم برای انجام یک کار

🇹🇷Turkish

yetersiz

Bir görevi yerine getirmek için gerekli niteliklere veya kaynaklara sahip olmamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לָקוּי

חסרים את התכונות או המשאבים הנדרשים כדי לעמוד במשימה

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