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Definition of inadequacy

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

Similar Words: inadequateness, insufficiency, deficiency

Hyponyms: meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity, deficit, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, scarceness

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