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Inadequacy

Inadequacy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Inadequacy? [n] unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [n] lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [n] a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Inadequacy: deficiency \| inadequateness \| insufficiency \| insufficiency Related Terms \| Find terms related to Inadequacy: adulteration \| arrear \| arrearage \| arrears \| arrestment \| asymmetry \| baseness \| blemish \| bug \| callowness \| catch \| contrariety \| crack \| decline \| defalcation \| default \| defect \| defectibility \| defection \| defectiveness \| deficiency \| deficit \| delinquency \| difference \| disability \| disablement \| disequilibrium \| disparity \| disproportion \| disqualification \| dissatisfactoriness \| drawback \| erroneousness \| failing \| failure \| fallibility \| falling short \| fault \| faultiness \| faute \| fewness \| flaw \| foible \| frailty \| heterogeneity \| hole \| imbalance \| imbecility \| immaturity \| impairment \| imperfection \| impurity \| inability \| inaccuracy \| inadeptness \| inadequateness \| inadmissibility \| inaptitude \| inaptness \| inattentiveness \| incapability \| incapacitation \| incapacity \| incompetence \| incompetency \| incompleteness \| incompletion \| indefensibility \| indexterity \| ineffectiveness \| ineffectuality \| ineffectualness \| inefficacy \| inefficiency \| ineptitude \| ineptness \| inequality \| inequity \| inexactitude \| inexactness \| infancy \| inferiority \| infirmity \| injustice \| insufficiency \| insufficientness \| intolerability \| irregularity \| kink \| lack \| legal incapacity \| little problem \| littleness \| maladjustment \| maladroitness \| meanness \| mediocrity \| minority \| none to spare \| nonfulfillment \| nonsatisfaction \| nonuniformity \| objectionability \| odds \| overbalance \| patchiness \| pedestrianism \| pettiness \| problem \| rift \| rustiness \| scantiness \| scrappiness \| shabbiness \| short measure \| short supply \| short weight \| shortage \| shortcoming \| shortfall \| sketchiness \| skill-lessness \| slump \| smallness \| snag \| something missing \| subnormality \| taint \| thoughtlessness \| too late \| too little \| triviality \| unacceptability \| unaptness \| unbalance \| uncleverness \| undeftness \| underage \| underdevelopment \| undesirability \| undevelopment \| undexterousness \| undextrousness \| unevenness \| unfair discrimination \| unfitness \| unfittedness \| unintelligence \| unperfectedness \| unproficiency \| unqualification \| unsatisfactoriness \| unschooledness \| unskillfulness \| unsoundness \| unsuitability \| untenability \| untrainedness \| vulgarity \| vulnerable place \| want \| wardship \| weak link \| weak point \| weakness See Also \| amount \| deficit \| exiguity \| failing \| meagerness \| meagreness \| poorness \| scantiness \| scantness \| scarceness \| scarcity \| shortage \| shortfall \| unsatisfactoriness \| weakness Inadequacy In Webster's Dictionary \Inad"equa*cy\, n. [From {Inadequate}.] The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness. The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. --Dr. T. Dwight.

Inadequacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inadequacy?

[n] unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
[n] lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
[n] a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inadequacy: deficiency | inadequateness | insufficiency | insufficiency

Inadequacy In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [From {Inadequate}.]
The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient;
defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

      The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged
      causes.                                  --Dr. T.
                                               Dwight.

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