inadequate

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• /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AE1 D AH0 K W AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N AE1 D AH0 K W EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikwos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate English inadequate From in- + adequate.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: неподходящ (nepodhodjašt) — Not adequate
• Bulgarian: незадоволителен (nezadovolitelen) — Not adequate
• Catalan: inadequat — Not adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 不適當 /不适当 (bùshìdāng) — Not adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 不足 (bùzú) — Not adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 不夠 /不够 (bùgòu) — Not adequate
• Dutch: onvoldoende — Not adequate
• Dutch: inadequaat — Not adequate
• Dutch: ontoereikend — Not adequate
• Dutch: ongeschikt — Not adequate
• Esperanto: nesufiĉa — Not adequate
• Faroese: ónøktandi — Not adequate
• Faroese: vantandi — Not adequate
• Faroese: ikki nøktandi — Not adequate
• Finnish: puutteellinen — Not adequate
• Finnish: sopimaton — Not adequate
• Finnish: vaillinainen — Not adequate
• Finnish: riittämätön — Not adequate
• French: inadéquat — Not adequate
• Galician: inadecuado — Not adequate
• Georgian: არაადეკვატური (araadeḳvaṭuri) — Not adequate
• Georgian: შეუსაბამო (šeusabamo) — Not adequate
• Georgian: შეუფერებელი (šeuperebeli) — Not adequate
• Georgian: არაშესატყვისი (arašesaṭq̇visi) — Not adequate
• Georgian: არასაკმარისი (arasaḳmarisi) — Not adequate
• Georgian: არათანაშეზომილი (aratanašezomili) — Not adequate
• Georgian: არასრულფასოვანი (arasrulpasovani) — Not adequate
• German: unzureichend — Not adequate
• German: unzulänglich — Not adequate
• German: unangemessen — Not adequate
• German: ungeeignet — Not adequate
• German: inadäquat — Not adequate
• Hindi: अपर्याप्त (aparyāpt) — Not adequate
• Hungarian: inadekvát — Not adequate
• Hungarian: alkalmatlan — Not adequate
• Hungarian: elégtelen — Not adequate
• Indonesian: inadekuat — Not adequate
• Italian: inadeguato — Not adequate
• Japanese: 不適当 (futekitō) — Not adequate
• Japanese: 不十分 (fujūbun) — Not adequate
• Korean: 부족(不足)하다 (bujokhada) — Not adequate
• Korean: 부적절(不適切)하다 (bujeokjeolhada) — Not adequate
• Latin: exiguus — Not adequate
• Macedonian: неадеква́тен (neadekváten) — Not adequate
• Macedonian: недо́волен (nedóvolen) — Not adequate
• Macedonian: непо́годен (nepógoden) — Not adequate
• Norwegian Bokmål: utilstrekkelig — Not adequate
• Pohnpeian: souitar — Not adequate
• Polish: nie na poziomie — Not adequate
• Polish: na złym poziomie — Not adequate
• Polish: niewystarczający — Not adequate
• Polish: niedostateczny — Not adequate
• Portuguese: inadequado — Not adequate
• Romanian: inadecvat — Not adequate
• Romanian: neadecvat — Not adequate
• Romanian: nepotrivit — Not adequate
• Russian: неадеква́тный (neadɛkvátnyj) — Not adequate
• Russian: недоста́точный (nedostátočnyj) — Not adequate
• Sanskrit: अपर्याप्त (aparyāpta) — Not adequate
• Spanish: inadecuado — Not adequate
• Tagalog: disapat — Not adequate
• Turkish: yetersiz — Not adequate
• Turkish: az — Not adequate
• Turkish: kıt — Not adequate