Inadequate vs Underknown - What's the difference?
inadequate | underknown |
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
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Not known widely enough; of inadequate fame.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 16, author=Holland Cotter, title=A Promise That Never Bloomed, a Post-Minimalist You’ve Never Heard Of, work=New York Times
, passage=Established in 2001, it offered in its first few years fairly traditional solo and group shows, often of artists either locally underknown (Charles Gaines) or unaffiliated (Rodney McMillian). }}
As adjectives the difference between inadequate and underknown
is that inadequate is while underknown is not known widely enough; of inadequate fame.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 .
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