inadequate compensation

collocation in English

meaningsofinadequateandcompensation

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inadequate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us
/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
not good enough or too low ...
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compensation
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.penˈseɪ.ʃən/
money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost or damaged or for ...
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(Definition ofinadequateandcompensationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The villagers complained aboutinadequatecompensationfor the land and pollution of their water.
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Why are they so out of touch that they think that they can fob off millions of pensioners with a grosslyinadequatecompensationscheme?
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I will certainly ask my right honourable friend to look into any case in which it is considered thatinadequatecompensationhas been paid.
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It seems to me that the only ground which has been put forward so far, is that ofinadequatecompensation.
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It should not seek to perpetuate the shameful results of unfair andinadequatecompensation.
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I can see no possible argument why one of those two classes should receiveinadequatecompensation.
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That isinadequatecompensationfor the lost pension.
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That isinadequatecompensationfor being able to go on holiday with our children.
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For example, he has referred to war risks andinadequatecompensation.
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What can be done to improve that patchwork of outdated andinadequatecompensation?
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Finally, at the end of a long dark tunnel, staff have been offered a whollyinadequatecompensationpackage.
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There is a third reason why this income cannot be regarded as a gilt-edged security for which fifteen years' purchase is aninadequatecompensation.
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Inadequatecompensationforces settlers remain on uneconomic holdings.
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It is veryinadequatecompensation, but still it is in the nature of compensation which they have a right to demand.
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It seeks to take away possession of premises and to give it to another withinadequatecompensation.
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One of the consequences ofinadequatecompensationto freeholders will be that no new housing development will be carried out on a leasehold basis.
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We have had problems ofinadequatecompensationand lack of information.
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One is left with the suspicion, therefore, thatinadequatecompensationis paid as a result of the 1961 rules.
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Inadequatecompensationcauses a further loss of food production.
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Some of the estimations on the cost of the airport might be quite wrong because of theinadequatecompensationallowed to farmers who are dispossessed.
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