inadequate
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The research team identified four major problems limiting tropical insect conservation: poor global visibility of existing research, severe data gaps, inadequate scientific infrastructure, and too little conservation action.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
That, too, may feel inadequate and potentially perilous—would Clancy be freed in just a few years?
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 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
Walid suggested PIMS's safety protocols were inadequate, despite it being a major hospital.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She laughed, hearing her own words, so inadequate and so unutterably sad.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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