inadequate preparation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinadequateandpreparation
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inadequate
adjective
uk/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
not good enough or too low ...
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preparation
noun
uk/ˌprep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌprep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the things that you do or the time that you spend preparing ...
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(Definition ofinadequateandpreparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has beeninadequatepreparation.
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There wasinadequatepreparationfor independence.
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The consequences ofinadequatepreparationcut both ways.
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We must not make speed an excuse forinadequatepreparation.
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That was whollyinadequatepreparationfor such a debate.
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I knew what nonsense it was to talk aboutinadequatepreparationand failure to consult.
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He started by deploring, very properly,inadequatepreparationfor warfare prior to 1939.
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I suspect that this argument aboutinadequatepreparationis an argument for doing nothing at all.
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Blunders of policy and blunders ofinadequatepreparationfor particular circumstances have been apparent.
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If we have made errors in the past, they have been errors ofinadequatepreparation.
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There is another example of what appears to have beeninadequatepreparationand faulty briefing.
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Being so overloaded with routine work we are having to do important things afterinadequatepreparation.
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Technicians and supervisors are often called on to perform on the basis ofinadequatepreparation.
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That seemsinadequatepreparationfor being a non-commissioned officer in a police force.
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If the time limits are over-rigidly imposed, it could lead toinadequatepreparationof cases and to poor decisions.
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There have been regular reports of coercion and families being split up, and ofinadequatepreparationof the resettlement areas.
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Either sensible and prudent preparations are now being made or our armed forces risk being called into action withinadequatepreparation.
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First, through education and training opportunities for women being such as to give them aninadequatepreparationfor so many parts of today's labour market.
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However, many of us feel that that was done too quickly in some parts of the country, and withinadequatepreparation.
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That is not a question of late payment, but ofinadequatepreparationto judge what the cash flow is likely to require.
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Inadequatepreparationand lack of supplies along the route led to dissension in the group.
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The results can be seen in low educational attainment,inadequatepreparationfor being ejected into the cold outside world and lack of support after leaving care.
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But many of them agree that they are suffering frominadequatepreparationfor the reality of the classroom and/or the demands of teaching their subjects.
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If leave to appeal is not sought because of a lack of advice or throughinadequatepreparationof the application, the asylum seeker will face immediate removal.
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Although he faced institutionalized racism later in his career, the university citedinadequatepreparationin its rejection of him.
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