Definition of Inadequateness

1. Noun. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.

Exact synonyms: Inadequacy
Generic synonyms: Unsatisfactoriness
Antonyms: Adequacy
Derivative terms: Inadequate, Inadequate

Definition of Inadequateness

1. Noun. inadequacy ¹

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Definition of Inadequateness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inadequateness

inactuation
inadaptability
inadaptable
inadaptation
inadaptations
inadaptive
inadept
inadeptly
inadeptness
inadequacies
inadequacy
inadequate
inadequate personality
inadequate stimulus
inadequately
inadequateness (current term)
inadequatenesses
inadequation
inadequations
inadherent
inadhesion
inadmissibility
inadmissible
inadmissibly
inadventurous
inadvertence
inadvertences
inadvertencies
inadvertency
inadvertent

Literary usage of Inadequateness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Law of Damages for Personal Injuries; Embracing a by Archibald Robinson Watson (1901)
"... that courts will not set aside a verdict or reverse a judgment on the mere ground of excess, applies where a finding is assailed for inadequateness. ..."

2. Handel and His Orbit by Percy Robinson (1908)
"... to bear a certain weight, it is no fair criticism to point out the absurd inadequateness of each separate stone to accomplish anything whatsoever. ..."

3. The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With Additional Table by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1888)
"The inadequateness of Reason. Is it then true, that reason to man is the ultimate faculty, and that, to convince a reasonable man, it is sufficient to ..."

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