Inadequate vs Underproportioned - What's the difference?
inadequate | underproportioned |
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
* 2013 June 18, , "
Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
As adjectives the difference between inadequate and underproportioned
is that inadequate is while underproportioned is of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.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 .
underproportioned
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility. — Collier.