inadequate
adj. 不充足的; 不適當的; 不足勝任的; 信心不足的
If something is inadequate, there is not enough of it or it is not good enough.
Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate...
食物和藥品供應不足。
The problem goes far beyond inadequate staffing.
問題遠非人手不足那麼簡單。
If someone feels inadequate, they feel that they do not have the qualities and abilities necessary to do something or to cope with life in general.
I still feel inadequate, useless and mixed up...
我仍然感到自己能力不夠,毫無用處,整個兒一團糟。
Mary Ann felt painfully inadequate in the crisis.
意識到自己在這場危機中無能為力,瑪麗·安感到很痛苦。
1. (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task;
2. not sufficient to meet a need;
Therefore in the 1950's and 1960's, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system.
因此,在五六十年代, 生育高峰衝擊著陳舊而不完備的學校體系.
The inadequate equipment of drainage system and sewage treatment bring about economic losses.
城市排水和汙水處理設施不足會造成經濟損失.
The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.
供不應求.
The causes of social distress include inadequate housing.
造成社會困境的原因包括住房不足.
The coverage of the subject in his botany text is inadequate.
他的植物學教科書中對那題目的敘述不充分.