not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"需要を満たすのに十分でない貧しい
例:an inadequate income 不十分な収入
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"課題を満たすための必要条件の品質、または供給源に欠いた片秀