Difference between Inadequate and Lack

INADEQUATE vs LACK: NOUN

To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
To be in want.
To be missing or deficient.
To be in need of something.
To be without or in need of.

Not adequate; not equal to requirement; insufficient to effect the end desired; incomplete; disproportionate; defective.
Synonyms Incommensurate, incompetent.
Of insufficient quantity to meet a need

To pierce the hull of with shot.
See lac.
To lacquer; treat with lac.
To be wanting or deficient; come short; fail.
To be absent or away; be missing.
To be in want; suffer need.
To be wanting to; fail.
To be in want of; stand in need of; want; be without; be destitute of; fail to have or to possess.
To suffer the absence of; feel the deprivation of; miss.
To blame; reproach; speak in detraction of.
To beat. Also lacky.
Synonyms Lack, Need, Want. These words have come to overlap each other a good deal by figurative extension, and have considerable variety of peculiar idiomatic use. To lack is primarily and generally to be without, that which is lacked being generally some one thing, and a thing which is desirable, although generally not necessary or very important.
Used in the exclamatory phrase Good lack. See good.
To be insufficiently prepared

Inadequacy, Adequate, Unequal to, Short handed, Short staffed, Wanting, Short, Undermanned, Incapable, Incompetent, Poor, Lacking, Understaffed, Deficient, Insufficient

Reluctance, Unfamiliarity, Insufficiency, Unwillingness, Unavailability, Absence, Inability, Inadequacy, Inadequate, Insufficient, Dearth, Paucity, Want, Miss, Deficiency

Inadequacy, Adequate, Unequal to, Short staffed, Short handed, Wanting, Short, Undermanned, Incapable, Incompetent, Poor, Lacking, Understaffed, Deficient, Insufficient

Shortcomings, Disinterest, Reluctance, Unwillingness, Unavailability, Absence, Inability, Inadequacy, Inadequate, Insufficient, Dearth, Paucity, Want, Miss, Deficiency

Performance is inadequate, indicates lack of skill, unsafe nursing practice, inadequate depth of knowledge, or application of nursing principles.
Safety audits have shown that many of our cities have inadequate vending spaces, lack of public facilities and inadequate transport.
Substandard assets are generally characterized by current or expected unprofitable operations, inadequate debt service coverage, inadequate liquidity, or marginal capitalization.
Fundamentally, inadequate coverage results in inadequate access and treatment, and Canadians recognize the need to address this.
The audits also showed that inmates had inadequate food, medical care, and in some cases inadequate housing.
We have entered a realm in which conventional wisdom, always inadequate, is dangerously inadequate.
Degradation Analysis is inadequate and results in inadequate consideration of reasonable protection measures.
Inadequate questioning of prospective buyers Inadequate tools and procedures to validate individual?
Inadequate QA staffing can also resultin inadequate quality auditing of the QC.
Poor product delivery, inadequate systems, and inadequate charge.

Teachers reported challenges to teaching SRH topics effectively, including lack of time, lack of appropriate skills and inadequate teaching materials.
Participative Legislation Committees lack of success, namely the lack of strong lobbying groups to defend the propositions that it approved.
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THE HOPE CENTEROVERLAPPING CHALLENGESStudents who lack resources for housing often also lack resources for food.
In addition, many students complain about a lack of camaraderie and the lack of feeling like a department.
Sharing powerlessness means sharing both lack of information and lack of control in the given situation.
Lack of knowledge: Lack of information or clear data leads to loss of time.
Constraints for all teachers included large class sizes, children at different ability levels, lack of time and lack of new textbooks.
The three main unhealthy behaviors which are changeable include lack of smoking, too much eating, and lack of physical activity.
The primary cause of ESG failures is data: lack of data, lack of standards, and lack of understanding of how to use data.