How to Use inadequate in a Sentence

inadequate

adjective

• I felt inadequate to the task.
• These supplies are inadequate to meet our needs.
• Her brother's success and popularity always made her feel inadequate.
• We were given very inadequate information.
• One of the hardest things to feel in life is inadequate.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
• But at the moment that is inadequate salve for what has been lost.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• So, close your eyes and take a trip back through time to consider who and what might have led you to feel inadequate.
  — Svetlana Whitener, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• Sometimes, a claim is both false and based on an inadequate set of data.
  — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• Still, that move has been seen as inadequate by those who just want to be able to tinker with and fix their own machines.
  — WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022
• Sometimes, a claim is both false and based on an inadequate set of data.
  — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
• Young said inadequate staffing at the store is one of the chief complaints of union organizers.
  — CBS News, 19 July 2022
• Unrestricted cash has a lot of power to be able to fill in places where the safety net is inadequate.
  — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
• First, the law is often highly inadequate, and can at times threaten, in the EFF’s words, to also be a chainsaw when only a scalpel will do.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• The world will continue to warm, the damage will increase, and the global response will be inadequate.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• The narrative of child care in the U.S. is one of scarcity — an inadequate supply of affordable care for the nation’s youngest children.
  — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• The scissor jacks that come with most new cars, trucks, and SUVs are woefully inadequate.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022
• As Kevin’s direct supervisor, Big Greg makes Kevin feel inadequate as a provider and a man.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 19 July 2022
• Insta360 has previously been called out by users for its inadequate field of view but thankfully, the brand has listened to those calls.
  — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
• My equipment was inadequate and unsafe, and the situation could have gone from bad to worse, very quickly.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2024
• To be sure, the capacity at the border is inadequate to meet the demands of the current situation.
  — Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
• The critics are already calling the code inadequate and see it as proof that the Justices will bend to political pressure.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2023
• If the person doesn’t exercise enough to cause differential blood flow (or the dose of medicine is inadequate), the stress test may come out negative.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2023
• Framing Ruscha as a history or landscape painter is inadequate to cover the full, thrilling scope of his creative life.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• In the 1990s, a group of superintendents, districts and parents sued the state over inadequate funding.
  — Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2023
• Clearly, there is no shame in feeling a little inadequate compared to her.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
• Researchers aren’t entirely sure why that happens—but at its core, the problem seems linked to inadequate deep, restorative rest, Schuetz says.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
• In 2018, his conviction was vacated on the ground that his defense had been inadequate.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
• On their new land, many Choctaw members were living in poverty, with inadequate housing and little access to food.
  — Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
• Your cold hands may not be due to inadequate gloves; they can also be caused by failing to wear a warm enough jacket, hat, insulated boots, or neck protection.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
• The company identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting due to inadequate segregation of duties and lack of multiple levels of supervision and review.
  — Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025