inadequate
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Defendants are not given access to a lawyer or the court papers - while translation, when it is offered, can be inadequate, Amnesty's Ahmed says.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The report branded the MoD's use of Excel a "continuing cultural failure" and described the wider Afghan relocation scheme as "utterly and obviously inadequate".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Bohm’s defense team repeatedly has argued that there is inadequate evidence to sustain murder charges against him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The FDA's own career scientists have published documents outlining concerns that even if peptides are trendy, evidence to support loosening restrictions is still inadequate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was inadequate to Ugwu, their exchange; he felt as if Mama’s death required more words, more gestures, more shared time between them.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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