Sentence examples for painfully inadequate from inspiring English sources

It feels painfully inadequate, and entirely avoidable.

In such politicized times, it was a painfully inadequate pose.

The M27 along the south coast is "painfully inadequate", she said.

The Weeknd are thoroughly unremarkable: in terms of both songcraft and conveying emotion, they are painfully inadequate.

Her feet look slightly purple in the flip-flops which were fine in the southern heat but are painfully inadequate here.

But while the instrumental ensemble, led by Jory Vinikour at the harpsichord and including fine musicians from the Sebastians, played with stylistic authority and rhythmic verve, the singing ranged from the indifferent to the painfully inadequate.

Moreover, I think this sort of thinking comes perilously close to backlash against the still inadequate advances we're slowly and painfully making.

One of his virtues is that he is never afraid to let us know how scared and inadequate he felt at times, how painfully homesick he was.

We're all painfully aware that our collective responses are fragmented and inadequate, undermined by differences of view and our apparent inability to act on the profound links between these issues.

More painfully, however, countless talented youth go to waste because inadequate opportunities exist.

Olympus demonstrates all too painfully how much Old Japan tolerates a lack of accountability among senior executives; inadequate disclosure; a disinclination to challenge authority and absolute deference to corporate boards regardless of share performance".