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inadequate
Adjective
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If something is inadequate, there is not enough of it. Something that is inadequate is lacking.
We have an inadequate amount of food to last us three days.
progress
Noun
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Progress is forward or getting better (more good).
We didn't make much progress on the road, only a mile.
We are making progress on finding a cure.
There was a lot of progress in science in the last century.
progress
Verb
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If you progress, you move forward.
The army progressed toward the city.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
works
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noun
(= plant)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
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noun
(= deeds)
performance of moral or religious acts
salvation by deeds
the reward for good works
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noun
(= whole shebang, whole caboodle, full treatment)
everything available; usually preceded by 'the'
we saw the whole shebang
a hotdog with the works
we took on the whole caboodle
for $10 you get the full treatment
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noun
the internal mechanism of a device