Sentence examples for pretty inadequate from inspiring English sources

There are signs of change, albeit slow and pretty inadequate, such as a forthcoming BBC1 drama with two black actors in the leading roles.

Sausage and mash Cheap bangers tend to contain considerable quantities of wheat (rusk) to which Kevin is sensitive, and the mashed potato is pretty inadequate nutritionally.

"The Yosemite system, which is one of the oldest in any major national park, is still pretty inadequate," said Ronald J. Tipton, vice president of programs for the National Park Conservation Association, an advocacy group here.

The use of soft dollars "is predicated on disclosure to the client," Ms. Richards said, adding, "But the disclosure is pretty inadequate". At some firms, the people responsible for drawing up the disclosures were not aware of the soft-dollar deals being made by the firm's investment managers or other employees, she said.

But preparations around the region "are pretty inadequate at this point for unexpectedly large problems". At the two Jordan sites, well holes have been drilled.

The more human genomes we sequence, the more we realize that the reference is valuable but still pretty inadequate in some ways.

Timeline is pretty, but it's inadequate from a usability standpoint despite being one of Facebook's core products.

But, as Freud could have told you, pretty much everybody feels simultaneously special and inadequate.

"When I talk with blue-collar or service workers, they're generally pretty unhappy about wage stagnation and about inadequate benefits," Mr. Bernstein said.

The blistering frustrations of inadequate storage space on a phone are pretty difficult to replicate in the course of a few weeks.

They've pretty much admitted that their network in New York is completely inadequate, and now, three years in, they're taking some concrete steps to alleviate the problem — for tourists, at least.