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nonadequate

nonadequate adjective: not adequate; inadequate.

Adjective

nonadequate (comparative more nonadequate, superlative most nonadequate)

  1. Not adequate; inadequate.
    • Faulty interpretation linked to limitation in resolution may result from various sources, such as attributing silver grains to inadequately resolved histological structures as well as from nonadequate consideration of the scatter of the radiation energy.1968, Raymond L. Hayes, Radioisotopes in Medicine: In Vitro Studies
    • In an October 9, 1979 report Dr. Kattah stated that the cause of multiple sclerosis was unknown, that the course of an individual patient was unpredictable, and that "factors related with stress, poor hygiene and in general nonadequate health environment may result in exacerbation of the disease.”1983, United States. Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, Digest and Decisions of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board, page 607

Examples of nonadequate in a sentence

  • For example, if passing an adequate student is less important than failing a nonadequate student, then Q should be set at less than 1.1995, “Some Technical Aspects of Standard Setting”, in Huynh Huynh, editor, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Standard Setting for...
  • I can give you examples of adequate and nonadequate languages.2012, Clara L. Aldana, Analysis, Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, page 148:

Forms of nonadequate

comparativemore nonadequate
superlativemost nonadequate

Origin of nonadequate

From non- + adequate.

Questions about nonadequate

What does nonadequate mean?
Nonadequate means not adequate; inadequate.
How do you use nonadequate in a sentence?
For example, if passing an adequate student is less important than failing a nonadequate student, then Q should be set at less than 1.
What part of speech is nonadequate?
Nonadequate is an adjective.

Words near nonadequate in the dictionary

  1. nonadenomas
  2. nonadentate
  3. nonadenylated
  4. nonadept
  5. nonadepts
  6. nonadequate
  7. nonadherence
  8. nonadherences
  9. nonadherent
  10. nonadherently
  11. nonadherents

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