inadequacy
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(noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate |
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Synonyms: inadequateness |
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Related Words: unsatisfactoriness |
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Antonyms: adequacy |
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(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" |
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Synonyms: deficiency, insufficiency |
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Related Words: amount, deficit, exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall |
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Antonyms: adequacy |
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(noun) a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" |
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Synonyms: insufficiency |
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Related Words: failing, weakness |
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