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  • 31diphyllobothriasis — Infection with the cestode Diphyllobothrium latum; human infection is caused by ingestion of raw or inadequately cooked fish infected with the plerocercoid larva. Leukocytosis and eosinophilia may occur; if the worm is high enough in the… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 32Feminist philosophy (french) — French feminist philosophy De Beauvoir, Kristeva, Irigaray, Le Doeuff, Cixous Alison Ainley INTRODUCTION Although women have been active philosophers for many centuries,1 the development of a specifically feminist viewpoint in the context of… …

    History of philosophy

  • 33prepared — adj. 1 ready and able to deal with sth VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ get ▪ I d had three weeks to get prepared. ▪ come …

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  • 34adequately — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Enough] Syn. sufficiently, enough, appropriately, suitably, fittingly, satisfactorily, amply, abundantly, copiously, capably, competently; see also well 2 , 3 . Ant. inadequately*, badly, insufficiently. 2. [Passably]… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35inadequate — in|ad|e|quate [ınˈædıkwıt] adj 1.) not good enough, big enough, skilled enough etc for a particular purpose ≠ ↑adequate ▪ inadequate resources inadequate for ▪ The parking facilities are inadequate for a busy shopping centre.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36inadequate — [[t]ɪnæ̱dɪkwət[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something is inadequate, there is not enough of it or it is not good enough. Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate... The problem goes far beyond inadequate staffing. Syn: insufficient Ant: adequate… …

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  • 37bungle — bun•gle [[t]ˈbʌŋ gəl[/t]] v. gled, gling, n. 1) to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch 2) to perform or work clumsily or inadequately 3) something done clumsily or inadequately • Etymology: 1520–30; of uncert. orig. bun′gler, n. bun′gling•ly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38waste — [[t]weɪst[/t]] v. wast•ed, wast•ing, n. adj. 1) to consume or use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste natural resources[/ex] 2) to fail or neglect to use 3) to destroy or consume gradually; wear away: waves wasting the rocky shore[/ex] 4)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 39At short notice — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40bungled — ungled adj. performed poorly or inadequately; as, a bungled job; the Watergate scandal started with a bungled burglary. Syn: botched, goofed up. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English