The phrase "a pattern of inadequate" is not complete and may not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It can be used when discussing recurring issues or behaviors that are insufficient or lacking in quality, but it needs to be followed by a noun to clarify what is inadequate.
Example: "The study revealed a pattern of inadequate responses from the participants, indicating a need for better training."
Alternatives: "a trend of insufficient" or "a series of subpar".
The report, citing a pattern of inadequate supervision of caseworkers, poor recordkeeping and lack of training, made 11 recommendations for changing county procedures and 4 recommendations for changes in state child protection laws.
In the report, Children's Rights said there was a pattern of inadequate responses by caseworkers even when there had been a history of abuse or maltreatment in the home.
"The pattern that we see here is a pattern of inadequate oversight and supervision [in government] and an industry that appears to cut corners," said the National Wildlife Federation's Tim Warman, who helped write a report documenting hundreds of accidents in the oil and gas industry in the past decade.
His account describes how he was agonizing about whether and when to leave Poynter to focus on his own, wider-ranging blog about "media and other things I am interested in," even before being chastised by Julie Moos, director of Poynter Online, for what she described as a "pattern of inadequate attribution".
The report lays bare a pattern of "woefully inadequate" postsurgical care.
"You're talking about a decrease for the first time after several years of a very stark pattern of increases in excessive force complaints and several years of a well-established pattern of inadequate discipline," the official said.
The report, released Thursday by the Justice Department's inspector general, finds "a pattern of serious failures and inadequate consideration of the public safety" that allowed suspected smuggler Jean Baptiste Kingery to cross the border with thousands of grenade parts and other weapons purchased in the U.S. and bound for the Mexican cartels.
This pattern of inadequate sleep in children and adolescents is thought to be due to a combination of both intrinsic and extrinsic factors.
The report details a pattern of miscommunication and describes campus leadership as inadequate.
What the 16 outlier counties have in common, the study found, is overzealous prosecution, inadequate defense resources and a pattern of racial bias and exclusion.
What the 16 outlier counties have in common, the study found, is overzealous prosecution, inadequate defense resources and a pattern of racial bias and exclusion.
