Sentence examples for almost inadequate from inspiring English sources

And Mr. Li, a Hong Kong multibillionaire for whom the phrase "Midas touch" seems almost inadequate, may have found gold in another dark corner.

Indeed, the title of "historical advisor" seems almost inadequate, given the scope of Bruce's responsibilities and influence on the production.

A five-goal thrashing almost felt inadequate.

This proved to be an almost risibly inadequate precaution.

Words fail, and feel almost entirely inadequate when faced with such enormity.

Provision for pregnant, elderly or disabled people was "almost always inadequate".

Government hospital and clinics are almost universally inadequate and in disrepair.

There will also be an overhaul of the consumer credit licensing system, which is widely accepted to be almost laughably inadequate.

And yet the effort seems almost pathetically inadequate to the task.Take, just for a start, the magnitude of the problem.

A more meaningfully informed public debate finally became possible via a series of unprecedented disclosures about the global surveillance apparatus operated by the National Security Agency – disclosures for which the word "leak" seems almost preposterously inadequate.

The one clear message from these postal incidents is that the Bush administration's plans to beef up the public health system to cope with bioterrorism are almost certainly inadequate.