Inadequate vs Underinformed - What's the difference?
inadequate | underinformed |
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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Given inadequate information.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 10, author=, title=Due Diligence, work=New York Times
, passage=He would have met the real estate agents selling overpriced merchandise to underinformed dreamers and heard the agents’ pitch — “Investors like you, sir, are making a fortune.” }}
As adjectives the difference between inadequate and underinformed
is that inadequate is while underinformed is given inadequate information.inadequate
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* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate .
underinformed
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