inadequate Значение & определение

Значение на inadequate на български

• 0 not good enough or too low in quality:

  • This work is woefully (= extremely) inadequate - you'll have to do it again.

  • She rejected the $2 million offer as totally inadequate.

  • Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it.

• 1 too low in quality or too small in amount; not enough:

  • an inadequate income/offer

  • I feel inadequate when I talk to Miranda about art because she knows so much.

• 2 too small in amount:

  • inadequate funds/incomes/pensions Too many of us are retiring on hopelessly inadequate incomes.

• 3 too low in quality:

  • The report says that long-range spending plans are "inadequate".

  • inadequate controls/monitoring/oversight