Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(a)inadequate, unequallacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task“inadequate training”, “the staff was inadequate”, “she was unequal to the task”
(s)inadequate, poor, short, jejuneof insufficient quantity to meet a need“an inadequate income”, “a poor salary”, “money is short”, “on short rations”, “food is in short supply”, “short on experience”, “the jejune diets of the very poor”