D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Inadequate

/ĭnˌ-ăd'-ək-wət/ · In·ad·e·quate · IPA /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/
01 a. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
  1. 1.
    Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.