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Discover LudwigThe phrase "inadequate by" can be used in written English to indicate that something is not sufficient or not up to a certain standard.
It is usually followed by a noun or noun phrase. Example: The proposed budget for the project was deemed inadequate by the finance committee.
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There are academies deemed inadequate by Ofsted.
One in a hundred nurseries judged inadequate by Ofsted inspectors.
It's hard not to feel inadequate by comparison.
Videos are only one form of evidence, a French researcher ventured, inadequate by themselves as history.
Even this outcome, which is highly unlikely, would still be derided as inadequate by Eurosceptics.
Six years ago those services were on the ropes, judged inadequate by Ofsted inspectors.
The regulations were criticized as inadequate by opponents of biotechnology and the food industry.
Al-Madinah school in Derby was judged to be "dysfunctional" and "inadequate" by Ofsted.
However, almost 250,000 pupils are being taught in schools judged to be inadequate by Ofsted.
Generally, the new constitution of 1921 was considered inadequate by the Indian National Congress.
Lane widths, shoulder widths and vertical clearances are inadequate by current standards.
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