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Definition of Inadequacy
1. Noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number. "The inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Exact synonyms: Deficiency, Insufficiency
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
2. Noun. A lack of competence. "Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
3. Noun. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.
Exact synonyms: Inadequateness
Generic synonyms: Unsatisfactoriness
Antonyms: Adequacy
Derivative terms: Inadequate, Inadequate
Generic synonyms: Unsatisfactoriness
Antonyms: Adequacy
Derivative terms: Inadequate, Inadequate
Definition of Inadequacy
1. n. The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
Definition of Inadequacy
1. Noun. the state of being inadequate ¹
2. Noun. a shortage of required material ¹
3. Noun. a lack of competence or ability ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inadequacy
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