inadequate support

collocation in English

meaningsofinadequateandsupport

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inadequate
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnæd.ɪ.kwət/us
/ɪˈnæd.ə.kwət/
not good enough or too low ...
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support
noun
uk
/səˈpɔːt/us
/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofinadequateandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There isinadequatesupportfor relatives who care for dying patients at home.
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Junior staff in a range of specialties is sometimes expected to undertake tasks with insufficient training andinadequatesupport(23).
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Most respondents gave multiple reasons, which fell into four broad categories : illness (both physical and mental),inadequatesupportat home, fear of continuing to live alone, and relieving children's anxiety.
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Obstacles to be removed include bureaucratic barriers, problems of grid capacity andinadequatesupportsystems.
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Children with special needs or challenging backgrounds in particular become less likely to be adopted because ofinadequatesupportfor their prospective adoptive parents.
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Many people are falling through the safety net and many carers are suffering from having to meet excessive demands withinadequatesupport.
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We want to do more than simply guard againstinadequatesupport.
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Often, the complaint is made that the adopting family receivesinadequatesupportonce a child has been adopted.
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An 18-year-old coming out of custody would have to choose between a long-term secure non-therapeutic hospital and a social placement withinadequatesupport.
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That suggested that 34 local services were at risk because ofinadequatesupportfor the railways.
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Inadequate parenting—we might all be guilty of that—is compounded byinadequatesupport, and kids are out and about, running amok much more.
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It then notes rather plaintively that so far there seemsinadequatesupportfor the unitary solution.
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In a high percentage of such cases these children suffer frominadequatesupportat home.
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In recent years we have seen a pattern in which, because ofinadequatesupport, rural bus services have fallen away.
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There are distressed parents and families who undertake such tasks 24 hours a day for 365 days a year withinadequatesupport.
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Suchinadequatesupportmight lead to patients requiring more care than they might otherwise have needed.
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I have a further concern, based principally on constituency experience, that there are still ofteninadequatesupportmechanisms for people who come here.
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Does he accept that they now receiveinadequatesupport, and will he admit that his strategy for community care is to depend on carers without providing for them?
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We all know that teachers can be expensive filing clerks and that they have totallyinadequatesupport for the kind of work that goes on in any large organisation.
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That is not the reality in my county which has poor in-service training, a serious lack of resources and in many cases unsuitable buildings, badly maintained and withinadequatesupport.
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