inadequacy

1. (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
Synonyms: inadequateness
Related Words: unsatisfactoriness
Antonyms: adequacy

2. (noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Synonyms: deficiency, insufficiency
Related Words: amount, deficit, exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall
Antonyms: adequacy

3. (noun) a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
Synonyms: insufficiency
Related Words: failing, weakness



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