Europe had long suffered from an inadequate amount of silver coins.

It is also an amount inadequate to cover many landlords' costs in maintaining their buildings.

The inadequate amount of information he'd offered her the day before had only whetted her desire to know more.

Thus, an inadequate amount of green-light time is further reduced by the window washers, making the delays even worse.

The downside of this strategy was an inadequate amount of first line supervision.

Supplies were shipped too late and in inadequate amounts, to the point where the Sioux could not survive on them.

Health considerations aside, moth pesticides are often used in amounts inadequate to safeguard clothes.

Some studies already suggest that inadequate amounts of certain vitamins and minerals can cause serious problems in older people.

An inadequate amount of a nutrient is a deficiency.

Drinking inadequate amounts of hydrating fluids during exercise, hot weather, or daily activities can cause the body to use up its stored water.