Laws and law enforcement to prevent child sexual exploitation are hopelessly inadequate.

It was hopelessly inadequate, but she didn't know what else to say.

And now I find that words become hopelessly inadequate.

"Words are hopelessly inadequate to express how I'm feeling"

"It's not an easy thing to do" he said, "and to be lucky a second time, words are hopelessly inadequate to express how I'm feeling."

I will not say it was raining, because the word is hopelessly inadequate.

The club was a hopelessly inadequate weapon against the great manlings.

He felt hopelessly inadequate to the needs of such a time as this now was.

It had proved hopelessly inadequate during the revolution of 1905-6.

What about the child who likes sports but feels hopelessly inadequate?