word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/inadequate.json

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{
    "term": "inadequate",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not enough; not good enough",
            "sensetop": "inadequate for somethinginadequate to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "inadequate supplies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform.",
                    "contextForm": "inadequate for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The food supplies are inadequate to meet the needs of the hungry.",
                    "contextForm": "inadequate to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His wages were pitifully inadequate for the needs of his growing family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The helicopters are inadequate to the demands of modern combat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These precautions have been judged inadequate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This computer is clearly inadequate for my needs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are blaming their failure on inadequate preparation."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
                "adverb": ["deeply", "grossly", "hopelessly"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not able, or not confident enough, to deal with a situation",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I felt **totally inadequate** as a parent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The staff at the consulate seemed not only insensitive, but professionally inadequate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People, despite their intelligence, are curiously inadequate at communicating with horses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I suddenly felt extremely inadequate as I compared myself to him."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "incompetent",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈædɪkwət/",
                "audio": "in/inadequate/inadequate__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈædɪkwət/",
                "audio": "in/inadequate/inadequate__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}