See inadequate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-21:",
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"ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:",
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"text": "“Russia is a terrorist country whose leader is an inadequate person”. Putin's failings are evident to the “entire world”, he said.",
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"word": "nie na poziomie"
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"ref": "2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:",
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"word": "不够"
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