inadequate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

   inadequate training

2. 2
   adj

   not sufficient to meet a need

   an inadequate income

3. 3
   adj

   Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

   inadequate resources

4. 4
   noun

   A person who is inadequate.

   Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]

Etymology

From in- + adequate.