Defenition of the word inadequacy
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Defenition of the word inadequacy
- A shortage or absence of what is needed.
- unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
- a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
- lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- lack of an adequate quantity or number
- a lack of competence
Synonyms for the word inadequacy
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- defect
- defectiveness
- deficiency
- failing
- failure
- fault
- hopelessness
- inadequateness
- incompetence
- insufficiency
- lack
- meagerness
- paucity
- problem
- scantiness
- shortage
- shortcoming
- shortfall
Similar words in the inadequacy
Hyponyms for the word inadequacy
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- deficit
- exiguity
- leanness
- meagerness
- meagreness
- poorness
- scantiness
- scantness
- scarceness
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortfall
- slenderness
Hypernyms for the word inadequacy
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- amount
- failing
- lack
- shortage
- state
- unsatisfactoriness
- weakness
Antonyms for the word inadequacy
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- adequacy
- adequateness
- sufficiency
Idioms for the word inadequacy
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