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Meanings of wholly inadequate in English

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Usage of wholly inadequate in English
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They also are wholly inadequate to meet the needs for general coverage.
Reuters
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His numbers were wholly inadequate to storm the defences of the capital.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
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Words were wholly inadequate, so I slouched heavily after that impossible ball.
Tremendous Trifles
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The Dairy Milk chocolate maker today called Kraft's bid wholly inadequate.
The Irish Times
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The planning and preparations for Iraq after Saddam were wholly inadequate.
The Guardian
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Yesterday's bland, wholly inadequate statement from CRH is an affront to the public.
The Irish Times
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Gargantuan machines, diggers, earth-movers, cranes and others pound along our wholly inadequate roads.
The Irish Times
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This has now been overtaken by events and is wholly inadequate.
The Irish Times
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For this, our education in music and gymnastic is wholly inadequate.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economic...
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Sex and drug treatment programmes, where they exist, are wholly inadequate.
The Irish Times
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If so, the impression I have given of myself has been wholly inadequate.
A Far Country — Volume 1
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In the face of a fast-moving crisis, they are wholly inadequate.
The Guardian
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His estimate of Williams is thoroughly well-intentioned, and not wholly inadequate.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
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Mr. Dunkley, at Kalamazoo, started with a wind-mill, but found it wholly inadequate.
Success with Small Fruits
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Prices would go higher, and the amount in the world would remain wholly inadequate.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
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Current arrangements, showing high-lights of the collection and works on view, are wholly inadequate.
The Guardian
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