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Definition of inadequate

"inadequate" in the adjective sense

1. inadequate, unequal

lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

"inadequate training"

"the staff was inadequate"

"she was unequal to the task"

2. inadequate, poor, short, jejune

of insufficient quantity to meet a need

"an inadequate income"

"a poor salary"

"money is short"

"on short rations"

"food is in short supply"

"short on experience"

"the jejune diets of the very poor"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for inadequate

It is a hasty conclusion, and one which marks an inadequate apprehension of the nature of friendship, to say we lose a friend when he dies; death is not only unable to quench the genuine sense of friendship between the living and the dead, but it is also unable to prevent the going forth of a real feeling of friendship for the dead whom, it may be, we have never known at all. [ H. C. Trumbull ]

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inadequate in Scrabble®

The word inadequate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters inadequate:

INADEQUATE

(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

antique, auditee, detinue, equated, quieted, quieten

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INADEQUATE

(198)

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(189)

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inadequate in Words With Friends™

The word inadequate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters inadequate:

INADEQUATE

(414)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

antique, auditee, detinue, equated, quieted, quieten

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word inadequate

INADEQUATE

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INADEQUATE

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Words within the letters of inadequate

2 letter words in inadequate (13 words)

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3 letter words in inadequate (26 words)

aid and ant ate dee den die din due eat end eta ide net nit nut qat qua tad tan tau tea tee ten tie tin

4 letter words in inadequate (36 words)

aide ante aqua aunt data date dean deet dene dent diet dine dint duet dune edit idea naut neat need nude qadi qaid quad quid quin quit teed teen tend tide tied tine tuna tune unit

5 letter words in inadequate (19 words)

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6 letter words in inadequate (12 words)

auntie detain detune dunite equate equine quaint quanta quited undate united untied

7 letter words in inadequate (6 words)

antique auditee detinue equated quieted quieten

8 letter words in inadequate (2 words)

adequate antiqued

10 letter words in inadequate (1 word)

inadequate

inadequate + 2 blanks (2 words)

inadequately reacquainted

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Words containing the sequence inadequate

Words that start with inadequate (3 words)

inadequate inadequately inadequateness

Words with inadequate in them (1 word)

inadequate

Words that end with inadequate (1 word)

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Word Growth involving inadequate

Shorter words in inadequate

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Longer words containing inadequate

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