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inadequate

 
 
/ɪˈnædɪkwət/ adjective

Translation

QUALITY not good enough or too low in quality
kalitesiz, yetmez
inadequate facilities/training Our equipment is totally inadequate for a job like this.963
AMOUNT not enough
yetersiz, kifayetsiz
inadequate funds1822
inadequately adverb
yetersiz bir şekilde
(Definition of inadequate adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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