How To Use Inadequate In A Sentence

Other former captives spoke of pathetically inadequate food rations.
Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.
One in 10 asthma deaths in Scotland is due to inadequate treatment and widespread ignorance of the condition among health staff, a damning new report has revealed.
Many AIDS activists have opposed home test kits, because they feared people would receive inadequate counseling.
That doesn't seem to ruffle the feathers of the American consciousness or make them feel inadequate.

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The F-22's "supercruise," that is, its ability to cruise supersonically, is unusably short in duration due to inadequate onboard fuel capacity -- so short that current Air Force training missions to exercise supercruising combat actually schedule one tanker refueling just before going supersonic and one more refueling before going home subsonically. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Roland, Gabriel and I had been prepared for this battle, but still we were inadequate.
This is a key aspect of the refugee question which has so far received inadequate attention.
The present situation, of periodical outbursts in the press, is an inadequate way of fostering good relationships with the Asian community and does not encourage change and communal harmony.
Dealing only with conscious feelings or cognitions may be an inadequate approach to changing feelings or behaviors in the long term.
In particular, the building has inadequate fire precautions and no provision for thermal insulation.
Secondly, it briefly analyzes some major inadequateness of ideology and morality presently existing in the rural youth, which incorporates the two parts of daily lives and public lives.
He watched her thread her needle again, her slender, graceful fingers never erring despite the inadequate light.
We were attempting to offer consultation to a professional group of nonpsychiatric mental health oriented consultees who were anxious and felt inadequate in this area. Humanistic Nursing
The first big winter storm will often deposit half a dozen boats (often with their inadequate moorings still attached) on the beach.
Those most vulnerable, the homeless, the underprivileged, and the downtrodden, will have to sweat in the heat as they wait for the postperson to bring them their inadequate social assistance. The Last Snowflake
Women wanted equal access to positions of power and freedom from the stereotyping of them as inadequate for certain kinds of work.
As Hong Kong sweltered for the second day under smoggy skies, a health lobby group called on the government to reform its current air pollution health warnings saying they are inadequate.
Inadequate allocation concealment can bias the results of clinical trials.
In undertaking a research and development project, we found that neuron model is inadequate owing to its defects such as those inherent in its structure and in its capability of information storage.
Imagine our horror at the thought that we might now be held legally responsible for the tragic results of an inadequate diet.
Social Security is a diabolically inadequate program: if you die, the ‘contributions’ you've made to the system are forfeited, and your heirs are out of luck.
The chamber also feels that publicity material is inadequate, and parking signs should indicate where discs are available.
Those scientists chose to modify the protective belt of the programme by proposing that the initial conditions were inadequate.
There are some certain connections between the origin of inadequate phenomena and the hierarchically administrative structure.
Many illnesses are the re - sult of inadequate sanita - tion.
Coverage of these topics is currently, for the most part, inadequate.
Once the campaign gathered steam, the Trust had to take an interest in the matter, and found that its first lines of defence were inadequate to it.
Every time there is a heavy downpour the garden fills up with raw sewage and floodwater because of inadequate drains up the road.
She very nearly made Edie feel inadequate by the sheer felinity of her movements, by the sensuous grace of her silent prowl, the lively flicks of her tail.
She rejected the $2 million offer as totally inadequate.
That is, I believe, an inadequate basis for a true partnership.
Governmental oversight of the private operation has been regularly criticised as inadequate.
I deem it my duty further to observe that much of the imperfections in the returns of the last and perhaps of preceding enumerations proceeded from the inadequateness of the compensations allowed to the marshals and their assistants in taking them. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
As a result of inadequate supervision and organisation, four of the teenagers drowned.
This computer is clearly inadequate for my needs.
Parking in Devizes is inadequate, badly organised and is driving people to other towns where parking is free and easier to find.
Perhaps in my guilt I had subconsciously decided that the plea `forgive us our trespasses" in the Lord's Prayer was inadequate. ULTIMATE PRIZES
Democrats called the proposals inadequate and Wall Street appeared unexcited about the changes, many of which had been made public before the speech.
The current arrangements for the care of severely mentally ill people are inadequate to meet their needs.
the temporary camps were inadequately equipped
Even the contact made with local government was inadequate to plan appropriately for operation and maintenance of the facility.
They are listed solely to suggest that conventional models based on living creatures may be inadequate.
This form allows a non-surgical alternative in reconstructive plastic and other procedures to replace damaged or inadequate integumental tissue.
The maximum level of compensation to be paid to clients by their solicitors for inadequate professional service is to be increased from April next year.
The previously undomesticated boy quickly realizes that half-measures like hastily buying his little cousin a pre-packaged lunch at a convenience store on the way to kindergarten can have traumatic consequences in a milieu where bringing in an amateurish or non-homemade bento is perceived as a symptom of a shamefully inadequate family. Daddies dearest
Now, let us turn to last Tuesday morning to discover Bill's actual nonsocialist prescription for unfair and inadequate health insurance.www. greatfailure.com Hey, Michael: SICKO Needs A Re-dit With O'Reilly's Answer To Healthcare
Traffic congestion and inadequate public transit make this the most polluted metro area in the country.
This isn't surprising as low interest rates are proving an inadequate stimulant to get European economies moving again.
The infections were an inevitable outcome of inadequate equipment, unskilled staff and the reuse of unsterilized needles.
Some of the herbs that have been shown to help with inadequate or slow milk supply are raspberry, nettles, anise, fenugreek and fennel seeds and alfalfa.
Elderly people often describe the hard days of the past with examples of how they struggled with inadequate and coarse food.
Not all these shortcomings stem from inadequate resources.
The security procedure at St Augustine's clearly is inadequate and must be improved urgently.
Public transportation is inadequate for most of the city.
Conventional discussion of the breakup of the boom and its underlying causes are generally inadequate.
Inadequate hand hygiene also contributes to food-related illnesses, such as salmonella and E. coli infection.
But as a new storm nears the gulf this week, New Orleans remains at risk: Parts of the system begun in the 1960s are unfinished, parts are weak and the ability to pump water out of the 17th Street Canal, which breached, is inadequate. USATODAY.com - Piecemeal federal response won't protect New Orleans
Inadequate payments and arbitrary refusals to honor bills by government and private industry are financially starving the health care system to the detriment of us all.
She is frustrated with what she calls inadequate service and the lack of security in her building. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
It seems likely that William was suffering from porphyria, which is an upset in metabolism resulting in inadequate utilization of chemicals known as porphyrins. The Pawprints of History
The airway is reduced and the person will experience hypoventilation (inadequate breathing).
Many were wrecked because of inadequate knowledge or charts, poor navigation skills or handling but also as a result of the unpredictable seas and weather.
Mr Woodward's reason for non-appearance on the day the case was due to start was, to my mind, inadequate and remains inadequate.
External differences apparently so small, and which might elsewhere be deemed inadequate to the establishment of genera, become important in this remarkable family, from their being confirmed by the structure of the trophi, and the strong distinctions exhibited in their females in every instance that has yet presented itself to me, wherever I have had the certainty of specific identity in these heterogynous insects, from the direct observation of my friends in Australia. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
The bearing failures were typically due to poor fitting - a factor that industry research shows is responsible for 16 per cent of all premature bearing failures - and inadequate lubrication, which is responsible for more than a third of failures. Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news
Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it.
Many AIDS activists have opposed home test kits, because they feared people would receive inadequate counseling.
The reality is that the number of health staff themselves is often inadequate - a documentalist would be a luxury.
My parents' advice on sex was pathetically inadequate.
Health-poor people - those who are uninsured or inadequately covered - have to pay the highest prices.
Most burn centres are situated in large cities and are inadequate for the high incidence of injuries.
He appears to be somewhat inadequate and has lived a sheltered, reclusive life.
Determined to find a way to get myself to France, because my one day trip to St Malo during a family holiday to Jersey was clearly woefully inadequate for French oral purposes, I managed to find a penfriend through a magazine. French exchange
Slave patrols, rather than being desultory or inadequate, turn out to be one of the chief ways that the southern states enforced their peculiar institution.
Humbled by the magnificence of the falls, Lewis felt his written description impossibly inadequate.
Maddie's a real expert on art, so I feel completely inadequate whenever I talk to her about it.
The Palestinians have rejected the release as inadequate and want thousands freed.
Inadequate laboratory procedures and records to assure that the APIs have the appropriate quality and purity.
Lifeboats and life-saving equipment were inadequate.
The data on whether the majority of cancers, neurological problems, and other health problems are associated with exposure to fuels, propellants, or combustion products were inadequate to draw conclusions.
We accused her of giving inadequate funding to our schools but when we requested an interview she declined.
It provided no explanation to one faculty member for not reappointing her and an inadequate oral explanation to the other faculty member.
Record industry executives called Napster's offer inadequate for an industry with annual revenues of $ 40 billion.
All patients enrolled in the TEC-006OL trial first participated in the TEC-006 trial, which is a multicentre, randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of TTX to placebo in approximately 120 patients with moderate to severe inadequately controlled cancer-related pain. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
Prisoners often had inadequate clothing to protect themselves from the elements, and most camps lacked running water and heat.
It would be a waste of time, in the present state of science, to controvert this hypothesis, as it is now admitted that even if the rush of a diluvial current, invented for the occasion and wholly without analogy in the known course of nature, be granted, it would be inadequate to explain the uniformity, parallelism, persistency, and rectilinearity of the so-called glacial furrows. The Antiquity of Man
The biopsy from one of the nine healthy Crohn's disease twins turned out to be inadequate for immunohistochemical evaluation.
He made her feel so silly, so inadequate, so inept at being his secretary.
The accident has left her a broken woman and an inadequate mother to their young daughter, Ruthie.
Even the actions taken by governments may be inadequate to defend the position of the weak in society.
The local people naturally defend their crops, usually with totally inadequate weapons such as ancient shotguns loaded with buckshot.
Other problems included lack of toilet paper and dispensers and inadequate hand-drying facilities.
I heard the clip from the speech where Bush made the "commander guy" statement, and, although his syntax was as always vey awkward, he clearly said just what she says he did -- that he, Bush, is a guy who supports milliary commanders over others rhetorically presented as inadequate to make decisions about Iraq. Election Central Saturday Roundup
I feel woefully inadequate to even review their programme because they left me speechless and with only the ability to utter superlatives.
Current systems that monitor infectious diseases domestically and internationally are inadequate to confront the present and future challenges of emerging infections.
If then you would infer anything against me, your difficulty must not be drawn from the inadequateness of our conceptions of the Divine nature, which is unavoidable on any scheme; but from the denial of Matter, of which there is not one word, directly or indirectly, in what you have now objected. Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Construction faults, equipment failure and inadequate training of staff were given as the major causes of incidents.
Bateman's own billfold stuffer proved comparatively inadequate—merely "bone" in hue with a "Silian Rail" lettering. Leaving the Right Impression
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
They are often given irregular, inadequate and unwholesome food supplies, and often no money for fuel, and are expected to dish up something six days a week and wipe out the 50 per cent malnutrition among children.
The inherent dialectic of desire itself had in a way already shown me this; for all images and sensations, if idolatrously mistaken for joy itself, soon honestly confessed themselves inadequate. Surprised by Joy
In critical leg ischemia, blood flow is inadequate to meet the metabolic demands of the limb even at rest.
'Stonor's too content just to criticize, just to make his delicate pungent fun of the men who are grappling -- very inadequately of course -- still _grappling_ with the big questions. The Convert
Evidence also exists that the quality of such care in hospitals and general practices is inadequate.
They said Ottawa has made some positive financial decisions, but cities still face the need to upgrade aging roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems while remaining dependent on property tax revenue, which they called regressive and inadequate. Top Stories - Google News
Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate, hampered by ignorance of such practices, high costs and impracticality in the case of small land holdings.
Groups are often forced to move into areas in which they are not welcome and where the existing infrastructure is inadequate.
Conventional discussion of the breakup of the boom and its underlying causes are generally inadequate.
Houses gone out of people's reach, rents spiralling, inadequate hospital services, too few places for children at risk - it's all there under the cover of affluence.
Of the two work horses pulling implements, snowcats groom larger trails while snowmobiles most frequently cover narrower trails or work on inadequate snow to support a snowcat.
The reason is that a very few powerful families monopolize most of the land in enormous estancias and are satisfied to use it inadequately, usually for extensive livestock grazing.
Nor has it station; it needs no standing ground as if inadequate to its own sustaining; what calls for such underpropping is the soulless, some material mass that must be based or fall. The Six Enneads.
However, both environmentalists and the timber industry denounced the decision as inadequate.
The report's main finding is that pensions are inadequate.
Making a fresh resolution to eat properly I was tempted to attribute a large part of my recent debility to inadequate nutrition. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
Such support is acceptable for sports -- the etymology of the word fan is a shortened version of fanatic -- but it is inadequate when such support is used to determine one's political allegiance. Byron Williams: Blind Allegiance Is Good for Sports, Bad for Political Debate
Conventional discussion of the breakup of the boom and its underlying causes are generally inadequate.
The inner paper layer of plasterboard encourages mold growth when inner walls become damp from inadequate venting of moisture or from leaks from walls, roofs, or plumbing.
The people of the region are exposed to inadequately iodized salt in spite of the salt iodization programme.
The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.
The survey, completed in April 2000, highlighted a number of blocked footpaths, inadequate stiles, gates and fences.
The system of inspection is still inadequate in many areas.
I felt totally inadequate as a parent.
The perils of battle apart, both sides suffered from malaria, malnutrition and inadequate supplies.
Then some one pointed out the inadequate access to the site through the maze of streets.
And though words are inadequate, I want to express how much I appreciate all your hard work. THE ANCIENT FUTURE: THE DARK AGE
Whatever plans that were in place to deal with such a natural disaster have proven inadequate.
Traditional concepts of security were woefully inadequate to meet the new challenges faced by humankind.
The crash was a direct result of inadequate navigational aids.
Current board officials acknowledge that past actions may have been inadequate but said they have learned from their predecessors' mistakes.
Statistical methods of analysing the large amounts of data which can arise from such studies are at present inadequate.
High-profile cases have highlighted the business risks inherent in badly or inadequately implemented IT projects.
It described the arrangements as "inadequate", cited "evidence of a low level of compliance" and said there was "a degree of uncertainty or 'greyness' around the rules. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
These prisoners faced frequent beatings by superiors, subsisted on an inadequate diet, and lacked the clothing or boots needed for working in the cold, rugged terrain.
Graphic arts darkrooms, imposition of negatives, inadequate proofing systems, platemaking - all difficult procedures requiring high degrees of skill - are replaced by your desktop computer.
But compromised nutrition, crowded living, inadequate ventilation and late diagnosis all combine to make the poor easy pickings.
Long waiting lists, a meagre state health budget and inadequate hospital services prompted the three men to raise cash and build their own hospital on the southside of Dublin.
More than half of the displaced persons live in camps with inadequate shelter.
Patients with inadequate health literacy are more likely to be hospitalized than patients with adequate skills.
In my view, all of the basals currently available are inadequate, both the animal insulins (because they are intermediate acting as you mentioned) as well as the GE insulins (because they have mitogenicity problems, are unproven for safety, and are so new to the market). The Diabetes Blog
I felt totally inadequate as a parent.
It is characterized by inadequate energy and a feeling that one's emotional resources are consumed.
Stone, a 67-year-old man of low intelligence, partially deaf and almost blind, lived in a house with his mistress Dobinson, who was ineffectual and inadequate, and Stone's subnormal son.
Also, the ones they do employ (at least in Peckham) are inadequately trained/too inefficient to deal with awkward customers.
Most of these related to either the absence of a safety statement, a legal requirement on all farms, or to unfenced or inadequately fenced slurry pits.
No. But `good" and `sensible" were also inadequate descriptors. FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
There have been incidents of grounding where ships have been operating where charts are inadequate and waters unsounded.
Filmed on a low budget in a 19-day shoot, the movie is a sincere but ultimately inadequate look at the film industry's narcissism and moral confusion.
‘On Wall Street, it's amazing what people can find inadequate,’ Barry wonders as the man rages on about corporate ingratitude.
In many cases, students had inadequate communication and interpersonal skills which became particularly evident on clerkships.
The food supplies are inadequate to meet the needs of the hungry.
That the problems continue shows incomplete and inadequate system planning and implementation.
I would add that the information for passengers is totally inadequate and badly displayed.
I think the choice to go silver instead of gold or guns was probably a combination of Ted Butler and David Morgan discussions on silver deficit and industrial destruction and my own strong belief in peaking natural resources, it just made sense that something in high demand with inadequate supply and a growing unbalance in realtion to the value of gold had to be a good investment. Investors wake up, It's time to fight back
Children who mature on time or a little early have status with their peers; those who mature late feel left out and inadequate.
In view of the relatively recent renewal of the main bearing shells, the likely cause of the bearing failure is inadequate lubrication.
The State Department terminated a nonclassified MVM contract guarding the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2005, citing inadequate personnel in that case as well. Iraq Case Sheds Light
The molder must recognize the dangers of excessive fill speed, insufficient injection pressure, excessive melt temperature, and inadequate packing.
Now he stands accused of inadequately pleading his position, of mocking the people, and is instructed to try again to seek their approval.
The trans-Atlantic paradigms of the 20th century became inadequate, but an understandable desire to cling to them persisted in Germany.
Unilateralism is refreshing, if it means plain speaking about inadequate treaties or misguided policies.
On what might seem an unrelated note, the performance of American stock analysts was woefully inadequate in ferreting out and making public the all-too-obvious weaknesses in the mortgage securitization field, and the greed of all too many institutional investors in seeking “quick and unrealistic profits” was a major factor in creating the circumstances that led to the mortgage meltdown and the current recession. Writing the Whole Enchilada « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
V. Forms of inadequate ventilation in normal and emphysematous lungs, analyzed by means of breathing pure oxygen, J. Clin. Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture
an inadequate income
This approach could be particularly clinically useful in patients with impaired antibody production, such as individuals with HIV infection, where immunodiffusion techniques are inadequate PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate.
`Sinking oh so beautifully under the weight of debts and tax and deathwatch beetle and dangerous wiring and inadequate heating. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
She has a rare genetic disease called C4 Complement Deficiency, that involves the immune system having "inadequate levels of complement proteins," which leaves the body more prone to infections. Center for American Progress Action Fund
Inadequate hydration causes the body to extract water from nonvital tissues in order to shunt water to key organs heart, brain, and kidneys. The Source
A woman's career progression is slowed when there is inadequate childcare provision, or when they are perceived to be the main carer of children. Europe May Impose Quotas For Women
The thrones are not definable, and they make me feel inadequate. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
They might finally confront the central dilemma of inadequate global demand versus the permanent overabundance of supply.
I was too scared to stand up to them, or to the diner's skinflint owner, who kept finding creative ways to dip into our inadequate tips.
A guy who installs underbody neons and drives around with his 15’ subwoofer pounding 24/7 is probably overly self-assured and cocky, not to mention compensating for his inadequate manhood.
At the same time, he felt inadequate to the task of measuring up to either parent's expectations.
You do not try to catch them out, to trap them or to expose them as inadequate in any way.
As long as hospitals are inadequately cleaned, doctors 'and nurses' hands will become recontaminated seconds after they are washed, whenever they touch a bacteria-laden surface. Our Unsanitary Hospitals
In the light of the potential challenge, this is an inadequate response.
Adverse conditions, such as a small-sized cage, inadequate seating, total facetectomy, a lack of posterior instrumentation and infection, can cause migration of interbody devices.
The product provided inadequate vitamin and mineral supplementation.
And I was further induced to make trial of them, not only because the means which I had before used were inadequate, but from the ill effect I once observed upon the lungs, which succeeded the cure of a small sore beneath the knee; and argued conversely, that issues in the lower limbs might assist a difficult respiration. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
Iron-deficiency anemia is the most frequently diagnosed anemia and is associated with an inadequate supply of iron needed for erythropoiesis.
The product provided inadequate vitamin and mineral supplementation.
If the supply of vitamins and minerals in the diet is inadequate, this will result in changes in body chemistry.
The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.
The report accuses prosecutors of conducting deficient investigations or presenting inadequate evidence at the trials.
Because Assange is a renegade who did their jobs for them and highlighted their inadequate reporting of the war. Gail Vida Hamburg: Castle Owners of the Fourth Estate Flog Usurper, Julien Assange
Proponents argue that poorly educated, trained, and paid workers are inadequate gatekeepers for airline security.
When the current is repelled from the sea by adverse winds, when the ordinary bed is inadequate to the weight of waters, they rise above the banks, and overspread, without limits or control, the plains and cities of the adjacent country. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Other mechanisms are either false (such as Lamarckism, the inheritance of acquired characteristics) or inadequate (such as saltationism, change by sudden jumps). Michael Ruse: Darwinism And The Problem Of Evil
When he called upon James, the bishop's commissary in Williamsburg, the latter expressed doubts about recommending him, his ostensible reason being that his knowledge of Greek was inadequate.
Almost all of us then try to remember the date, fail dismally, feel inadequate and ashamed and resolve to be more attentive to our mothers.
Inadequate cleaning in hospitals is another major cause of infections, because doctors 'and nurses' hands become recontaminated as soon as they touch bacteria covered bedrails, privacy curtains and medical devices. Betsy McCaughey: Empty Promises For Patients
Many, like him, see students as inadequately prepared, lacking basic writing skills and foundational knowledge, constantly complaining about hard work or boredom, and expecting spoon feeding and handholding.
Aplastic anemia ( anemia of bone - marrow failure ): Inadequate blood - cell formation by bone marrow.
Information within a resource may be poorly organised or have inadequate titles or subtitles.
They said the new homes would overlook existing homes, and complained there was inadequate parking.
Last time it was caused by infected feed and the two main forms of transportation are pig to pig contact or inadequately cooked swill.
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