inadequate

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is inadequate.
    — Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
    — inadequate resources

词形变化

more inadequate comparative most inadequate superlative inadæquate alternative,archaic inadequates plural inadæquate alternative,archaic

词汇关系

反义词
abundant adequate enough plentiful sufficient unexiguous

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aikʷos
Latin aiquos
Latin aequus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin aequō
Latin adaequō
Latin adaequātuslbor.
English adequate
English inadequate
From in- + adequate.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Italic *aikʷos
Latin aiquos
Latin aequus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin aequō
Latin adaequō
Latin adaequātuslbor.
English adequate
English inadequate
From in- + adequate.
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