- inadequate - (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"
Antonyms: adequate, adequate to, capable, equal to, up to, competent
- inadequate, poor, short - not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
Antonym: sufficient (indirect, via insufficient)