inadequate

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The giant bowl holds in the atmosphere well, but you have to get in first and that is not helped by possibly the most inadequate signage I have ever come across at a World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Jimmy Carter’s campaign pledge of “a government as good as its people” spoke to the restoration of morality in public life but proved inadequate to the challenges of the late 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The cancellation could be for any reason: “bad weather, mechanical problem, inadequate staffing, scheduling snafus, etc.,” said Teresa Murray, consumer-watchdog director at the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta accused the Sheriff’s Department of failing to screen jail staff for contraband and offering inadequate training to prevent overdose deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

The fade-out scene, the one that had Dad actually wringing out his handkerchief, showed the old woman, shivering in a worn and inadequate hug-me-tight, limping slowly up the hill to the poor house.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey