inadequate
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The IMF attributes China’s excess saving to a range of structural factors, such as an inadequate safety net and a fiscal system that taxes households too heavily and thus depresses their consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Europe’s VATs have enabled the expansion of its welfare states even if revenue now proves inadequate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But former workers have described under-staffing, inadequate training and seeing specialist officers called in to deal with serious incidents on numerous occasions.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the other side, the prosecution has appealed against Patterson's sentence, saying the non-parole period of 33 years imposed by the judge was "manifestly inadequate".
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Kira’s flaw carried no illustrious history, and she felt weak, inadequate, and doomed beside the disfigured, angry woman.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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