different between inadequate vs stinted

English

Alternative forms

• inadæquate (archaic)

Etymology

in- +? adequate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?æd?kw?t/
• Hyphenation: in?ad?e?quate

Adjective

inadequate (comparative more inadequate, superlative most inadequate)

1. Not adequate; not fit for the purpose

   Synonyms: insufficient, deficient; see also Thesaurus:inadequate

   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.

Translations

Noun

inadequate (plural inadequates)

1. An individual who is inadequate.
   • 2012, Norman T. Feather, The Psychological Impact of Unemployment

     Thus, at some critical level of unemployment, “the unemployed” becomes a negative reference group of inadequates, the hardcore unemployed […]

English

Adjective

stinted (comparative more stinted, superlative most stinted)

1. (dated) Constrained; restrained; confined.
   • c.1846-1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 14: Paul grows more and more Old-fashioned, and goes Home for the Holidays,

     Neither Mr Toots nor Mr Feeder could partake of this or any other snuff, even in the most stinted and moderate degree, without being seized with convulsions of sneezing.

   • 1853, Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë), Villette, Chapter XXVI: A Burial,

     Mr. Home himself offered me a handsome sum—thrice my present salary—if I would accept the office of companion to his daughter. I declined. I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I was, and with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect.

   • 1890, Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives, Chapter XIII: The Color Line in New York,

     Nevertheless, he has always had to pay higher rents than even these for the poorest and most stinted rooms.

Verb

stinted

1. simple past tense and past participle of stint

Anagrams

• dentist, distent