Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an inadequate manner; not fully or sufficiently.
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- adverb In an
inadequate manner.
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- adverb in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree
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Examples
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But, since these cannot be delivered to theatre until the end of this year, our troops must continue to ride – and die – in inadequately protected Land Rovers, and Blair has the nerve to call these deaths a "terrible tragedy".
Criminal incompetence Richard 2006
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John, probably remembering the high priest and his mitre, with its inscription upon the forehead, says: 'His servants shall do Him priestly service' -- for that is the meaning of the word inadequately translated 'serve Him' -- 'and see His face, and His name shall be in their foreheads.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture Alexander Maclaren 1868
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But it is a great deal more to be able, in spite of all, not to bate one jot of heart or hope, but 'still bear up and steer right onward'; and that is involved in the true meaning of the word inadequately rendered 'patience' in the New Testament.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Alexander Maclaren 1868
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A U.S. study looked at men who were employed "inadequately" - they had involuntary part-time jobs - and found that they were more depressed than were fully employed people.
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A U.S. study looked at men who were employed "inadequately" - they had involuntary part-time jobs - and found that they were more depressed than were fully employed people.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Carlyle was aware that there was something much deeper, something that opinion just crassly formulates, and for the most part formulates inadequately, that is the real man.
Liberalism 1896
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I say "inadequately" because what the word really refers to is the feeling aspect of consciousness.
Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience Swami Kriyananda 2010
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I say "inadequately" because what the word really refers to is the feeling aspect of consciousness.
Swami Kriyananda: The Real Issue: Reconciling Science With Experience 2010
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Often, these women use other drugs as well, and their children tend to be malnourished and "inadequately" parented.
Mother���s Cocaine Addiction Damages Child���s Brain Development 2008
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Mr Nxesi said the teachers felt the main issue of the reinstatement of dismissed teachers had been "inadequately" addressed by the Department of Education and Training.
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