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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, adjective [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F. inad['e]quat.] Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {In*ad"e*quate*ly}, adverb -- {In*ad"e*quate*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inadequately
adverb: in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree; "the temporary camps were inadequately equipped" [ant: {adequately}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "inadequately": by halves, defectively, deficiently, dissatisfactorily, faultily, imperfectly, in half measures, in installments, inadeptly, inadmissibly, inaptly, incapably, incompetently, incompletely, inefficiently, ineptly, inexpertly, insufficiently, intolerably, objectionably, partially, poorly, unacceptably, unaptly, undeftly, undesirably, undexterously, unfacilely, unfitly, ungratifyingly, unproficiently, unsatisfactorily, unsatisfyingly, unskillfully, unsubstantially, unsuitably
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