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inadequates

inadequates is the plural of inadequate.

Meaning of inadequate

Noun

inadequate (plural inadequates)

  1. A person who is inadequate.
    • Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]2012, Norman T. Feather, The Psychological Impact of Unemployment

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Questions about inadequates

What is inadequates the plural of?
Inadequates is the plural of inadequate.

Words near inadequates in the dictionary

  1. inadequacy
  2. inadequate
  3. inadequately
  4. inadequateness
  5. inadequatenesses
  6. inadequates
  7. inadequation
  8. inadequations
  9. inadherence
  10. inadherent
  11. inadhering

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