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inadequate

adj
/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/

Etymology

From in- + adequate.

  1. learned borrowing from adaequātus
  2. prefixed as inadequate — “in + adequate”

Definitions

  1. Not adequate

    Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

    • inadequate resources
    • inadequate representation
    • I had not yet seen Mrs. Kennedy. I wondered with what inadequate words I could try to console her.

  2. A person who is inadequate.

    • Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inadequate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01inadequate02adequate03enough04fully05lack06deficiency07inadequacy

A definitional loop anchored at inadequate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at inadequate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA