inadequate
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Tommy's, the pregnancy charity, says NHS care offered to women who have suffered three miscarriages can be "inconsistent and inadequate".
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Messrs. Jordan and Issa write that ELI’s compliance with the committee’s oversight has been inadequate thus far.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Among other complaints, detainees there allege systemic medical neglect and inadequate food and water.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Evolutionary theory is no longer heretical, Galileo has been issued a hall pass to heaven, and quite a few sincere if entirely inadequate apologies have been issued, mostly to people long dead.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
A mass exodus from North Korea could substantially depopulate the country, undermine its already inadequate capacity to grow food, and weaken—or perhaps even topple—the gov-ernment.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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