What is another word for in adequate?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪn ˈadɪkwət], [ ɪn ˈadɪkwət], [ ɪ_n ˈa_d_ɪ_k_w_ə_t]
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Similar words for in adequate:
- bad (adjective)
- beggarly (adjective)
- defective (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- dissatisfactory (adjective)
- exiguous (adjective)
- failing (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- inadequate (adjective)
- incapable (adjective)
- incommensurate (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- incomplete (adjective)
- inconsequential (adjective)
- inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- lacking (adjective)
- lame (adjective)
- lean (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- pitiable (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- second-rate (adjective)
- short (adjective)
- sketchy (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- sorry (adjective)
- sparse (adjective)
- spineless (adjective)
- substandard (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unprofessional (adjective)
- unqualified (adjective)
- unskilled (adjective)
- unsuitable (adjective)
- waterish (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
Synonyms for In adequate:
adj.
• bad (adjective)- cheap,
- slipshod,
- off,
- gross,
- incorrect,
- diddly,
- unsatisfactory,
- dissatisfactory,
- unacceptable,
- icky,
- awful,
- careless,
- erroneous,
- amiss,
- blah,
- fallacious,
- downer,
- grungy,
- beastly,
- inadequate,
- inferior,
- junky,
- crummy,
- abominable,
- raunchy,
- not good,
- garbage,
- cheesy,
- synthetic,
- rough,
- substandard,
- bummer,
- godawful,
- crappy,
- cruddy,
- bad news,
- sad,
- defective,
- the pits,
- bottom out,
- atrocious,
- grody,
- stinking,
- dreadful.
- damaged,
- injured,
- blemished,
- unsound,
- out of order,
- wanting,
- unfinished,
- subnormal,
- impaired,
- abnormal,
- unhealthy,
- flawed,
- seconds,
- sick,
- insufficient,
- on the bum.
- depressing,
- distasteful,
- unfulfilling,
- falling short,
- frustrating,
- disconcerting,
- uninteresting,
- discouraging,
- bitter,
- disheartening.
- unsuitable,
- no good,
- unworthy,
- displeasing,
- bad,
- offensive,
- useless,
- mediocre,
- distressing,
- rotten,
- not satisfying,
- unsatisfying,
- not up to par,
- disappointing.
- limited,
- little,
- slender,
- negligible,
- tiny,
- petty,
- slight,
- narrow,
- restricted,
- tenuous,
- paltry,
- confined,
- diminutive.
- defeated,
- unsuccessful,
- Unthriving,
- unprosperous,
- vain,
- faint,
- Unsufficient,
- scant,
- declining,
- unavailing.
- debased,
- blamable,
- leaky,
- inaccurate,
- adulterated,
- inexact,
- malformed,
- distorted,
- frail,
- false,
- tainted,
- cracked,
- malfunctioning,
- broken,
- imprecise,
- fallible,
- marred,
- below par,
- wrong,
- unreliable,
- rank,
- botched,
- invalid,
- unfit,
- warped,
- maimed,
- awry,
- unretentive.
- effete,
- fragile,
- enervated,
- decrepit,
- flabby,
- languid,
- aged,
- enfeebled,
- dopey,
- ailing,
- out of gas,
- powerless,
- emasculated,
- helpless,
- weakly,
- inefficient,
- vitiated,
- sickly,
- zero,
- weakened,
- indecisive,
- ineffectual,
- delicate,
- flat,
- debilitated,
- tame,
- gentle,
- infirm,
- exhausted,
- woozy,
- puny,
- unconvincing,
- Strengthless,
- doddering,
- wimpy,
- sapless,
- chicken,
- etiolated.
- groundless,
- puerile,
- gossamer,
- inconceivable,
- wishful,
- rickety,
- unreasonable,
- unsubstantial,
- unbelievable,
- diaphanous,
- Controvertible,
- sleazy,
- frivolous,
- tacky,
- ungrounded,
- papery,
- rinkydink,
- inane,
- gauzy,
- incredible,
- improbable,
- trivial,
- contemptible,
- chiffon,
- illogical,
- trifling,
- baseless,
- unpersuasive,
- sheer,
- superficial,
- inept,
- shallow,
- wobbly,
- house of cards,
- shaky,
- cut-rate,
- transparent,
- slapdash,
- assailable.
- forceless,
- crippled,
- incapacitated,
- prostrate,
- paper tiger,
- unfruitful,
- gutless,
- ineffective,
- nerveless,
- Infecund,
- dud,
- paralyzed.
- inappreciable,
- meager,
- shy,
- scanty,
- sparse,
- imperfect,
- low,
- scarce,
- impotent,
- sterile,
- incapable,
- glitch,
- unequal,
- incommensurate,
- minus,
- insubstantial,
- depleted,
- poor,
- stunted,
- unqualified,
- incomplete,
- miserly,
- parsimonious,
- deficient,
- lacking,
- bush-league,
- spare,
- incompetent,
- short,
- sketchy,
- bare,
- weak,
- inconsiderable,
- Stinted,
- skimpy,
- dry,
- found wanting,
- junk,
- inapt,
- feeble,
- lemon,
- niggardly,
- small,
- unproductive,
- thin,
- barren,
- failing,
- lousy,
- faulty,
- too little,
- lame,
- not enough.
- ineligible,
- losing,
- disqualified,
- unsuited,
- unable,
- not equal to,
- unskilled,
- unequipped,
- inexpert,
- butterfingers,
- unskillful,
- inexperienced,
- inproficient,
- uncool,
- naive,
- not up to.
- bungling,
- Floundering,
- unproficient,
- unfitted,
- not have it,
- out to lunch,
- awkward,
- amateurish,
- maladroit,
- untrained,
- raw,
- amateur,
- uninitiated,
- Unhandy,
- unadapted,
- not cut out for,
- clumsy.
- fragmentary,
- unconsummated,
- Unaccomplished,
- incoherent,
- half-done,
- fractional,
- unpolished,
- abridged,
- garbled,
- under construction,
- partial,
- rude,
- crude,
- immature,
- Unexecuted,
- part,
- undone,
- expurgated,
- rudimentary,
- undeveloped.
- inconsequent,
- small-time,
- light,
- worthless,
- entry-level,
- casual,
- two-bit,
- insignificant,
- immaterial,
- shoestring,
- measly,
- small potatoes,
- minor,
- dinky,
- runt,
- exiguous,
- unimportant,
- picayune,
- unconsidered.
- feckless,
- neutralized,
- unprofitable,
- idle,
- null and void,
- defeasible,
- spineless,
- abortive,
- fruitless,
- void,
- innocuous,
- inoperative,
- anticlimactic,
- futile,
- withered,
- inefficacious,
- null,
- bootless,
- invertebrate,
- nugatory.
- destitute,
- rare,
- too little too late,
- unample,
- out of,
- devoid,
- short of,
- drained,
- bereft,
- infrequent.
- missing,
- Without,
- not hacking it,
- not making it,
- can't cut it,
- needed,
- coming up short,
- Needing,
- deprived of,
- Sans.
- gaunt,
- svelte,
- skinny,
- stilt,
- scraggy,
- rangy,
- haggard,
- stringy,
- beanpole,
- anorexic,
- stick,
- slim,
- scrawny,
- lank,
- gangly,
- sinewy,
- sylphlike,
- rawboned,
- worn,
- wizened,
- no fat,
- wiry,
- infertile,
- lanky,
- emaciated,
- angular,
- twiggy,
- gangling,
- pitiful,
- wasted,
- bony,
- shadow.
- inconsequential,
- minuscule,
- frugal,
- not many,
- moderate,
- hardly any,
- wee,
- soft,
- mild,
- digestible,
- not much,
- indistinct,
- hardly enough,
- modest,
- minute,
- not rich.
- inexpensive,
- low-grade,
- second-rate,
- slashed,
- economical,
- reasonable,
- nominal,
- shoddy,
- uncostly,
- cut,
- marked down.
- bloodless,
- pallid,
- faded,
- sallow,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- gray,
- blanched,
- lurid,
- livid,
- pasty,
- ghastly,
- dim,
- white,
- deathlike,
- ashy,
- waxen,
- bleached,
- ashen,
- waxlike,
- cadaverous,
- dull,
- doughy,
- whitish,
- anemic,
- spectral,
- colorless.
- melting,
- miserable,
- Commiserable,
- poignant,
- heartbreaking,
- tender,
- plaintive,
- pitiable,
- woeful,
- touching,
- wretched,
- deplorable,
- heartrending,
- piteous,
- lamentable,
- rueful,
- moving,
- sorry.
- cheerless,
- dismal,
- stirring,
- distressed,
- scurvy,
- mean,
- despicable,
- suffering,
- base,
- afflicted,
- sorrowful,
- mournful,
- affecting,
- Arousing,
- abject,
- joyless,
- comfortless,
- compassionate,
- vile,
- pathetic,
- shabby,
- commiserative,
- beggarly,
- grievous,
- tearful.
- disagreeable,
- sour,
- unpleasant,
- unhappy,
- withering,
- unlucky,
- dirty,
- bum,
- filthy,
- scurrilous,
- nasty,
- bruised,
- regrettable,
- unfortunate,
- punk,
- wicked,
- diseased.
- cursory,
- preliminary,
- vague,
- Depthless,
- scrappy,
- introductory,
- uncritical,
- outline,
- coarse,
- perfunctory.
- lower,
- humble,
- young,
- piddling,
- lesser,
- cramped,
- microscopic,
- undersized,
- teensy,
- bantam,
- pocket-sized,
- scrubby,
- miniature,
- set,
- minor-league,
- petite,
- secondary,
- shrimp,
- bitty,
- toy,
- unessential,
- teeny,
- runty,
- baby,
- small-scale,
- pint-sized,
- mini,
- small-fry,
- unpretentious.
- irresolute,
- squeamish,
- frightened,
- Pithless,
- timid,
- faint-hearted,
- yellow,
- weak-kneed,
- spiritless,
- fearful,
- yellow-bellied,
- lily-livered,
- weak-willed,
- vacillating,
- submissive,
- amoebalike.
- out of commission,
- no can do,
- sidelined,
- hog-tied,
- can't hack it,
- not able,
- Impuissant,
- can't make the grade.
- down,
- unbecoming,
- uncongenial,
- out of element,
- inapplicable,
- poorly,
- ill-adapted,
- unlikely,
- unpracticed,
- valueless,
- infelicitous,
- incompatible,
- Butter-fingered,
- out of shape,
- Blundering,
- not fit,
- laid low,
- rocky,
- mistaken,
- dragging,
- ill-equipped,
- inexpedient,
- heavy-handed,
- out of place,
- discordant,
- maladjusted,
- ill-suited,
- inharmonious,
- Unmeet,
- incongruous,
- Unapt,
- bush league,
- inappropriate,
- unprepared,
- improper,
- unpromising.
- bush.
How to use "In adequate" in context?
The word "adequate" has a lot of different meanings, but one meaning is that what someone is getting is enough. For example, if someone is getting a haircut, they might say that the haircut is adequate. It's good enough. It meets the needs of the person getting it.
The word "adequate" can also be used to describe how someone is performing. For example, if someone is doing their job well, they might say that the job is adequate. It meets the needs of the company or organization that they work for.
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