Just to keep working parents feeling guilty, some of these nannies turn out to be serial killers or, at best, pitifully inadequate substitutes for Mom.

And secondly, it is a cold, inadequate substitute for having a parent do the right thing.

However, video conferencing still appears to be an inadequate substitute when warm, interpersonal relations are part of the firm's culture.

In entertaining, begging, or hawking at stations they were making shift to use the railway as an inadequate substitute.

This is a poorly conceived and inadequate substitute for the serious overhaul of the immigration system that should be among Washington's most urgent priorities.

It was a "poorly conceived and inadequate substitute for the serious overhaul of the immigration system.

A very inadequate substitute her daughter would be for our dead lady, she said.

Even today, you are not prepared to admit that personal wealth and emotional stability are inadequate substitutes for savoir-vivre.