 inadequacy |
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| 1. | [ noun ] lack of an adequate quantity or number | |
| Synonyms: | deficiency insufficiency | |
| Examples: | "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" |
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| Related terms: | sufficiency sufficiency amount deficit scarcity meagerness | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a lack of competence | |
| Synonyms: | insufficiency | |
| Examples: | "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report" "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" |
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| Related terms: | failing | |
| 3. | [ noun ] unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | |
| Synonyms: | inadequateness | |
| Related terms: | adequacy unsatisfactoriness | |
| Similar spelling: |
inadequately inadequate |
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