Inadequate and Pitiful

Inadequate adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.

Pitiful and inadequate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Inadequate".

Nearby Words: inadequacy, inadequately

Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

Inadequate and pitiful are semantically related in poor topic. Sometimes you can use "Inadequate" instead an adjective "Pitiful", if it concerns topics such as dreadful.

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully