inadequate description
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinadequateanddescription
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inadequate
adjective
uk/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
not good enough or too low ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition ofinadequateanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Four were aboutinadequatedescriptionof hotel facilities; the others gave no precise details of the ground for complaint.
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Four were aboutinadequatedescriptionof hotel facilities; the others gave no precise details of the ground for complaint.
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That is an almostinadequatedescriptionof an extraordinarily wide provision.
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Even that is a veryinadequatedescriptionof the situation.
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He has given a remarkablyinadequatedescriptionof the necessity for this increase.
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Our attempts, so far to provide hospital accommodation have been of a mostinadequatedescription.
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But "smoothing out the unevenness" is a miserablyinadequatedescription, considering the terrible inequalities that still exist.
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The state of farming is—well, "depressing" is a totallyinadequatedescription.
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The fourth isinadequatedescriptionof military equipment in export licences.
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That is aninadequatedescription.
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This is not only due to the morphological similarity of cryptic or sibling species but also to inadequate descriptions.
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The terms "scene", "scenic" and "scenery" are inadequate descriptions of landscape.
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There has been much confusion in the taxonomy of this family, caused by inadequate descriptions.
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Their reduced status was attributed largely to poor or inadequate descriptions but it was accepted that some of the vagueness in the analysis was due to insufficient character states.
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