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Inadequacy (Noun)

Meaning 1

Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Insufficiency
  • Deficiency

Antonyms

  • Adequacy

Hypernyms

  • Amount

Hyponyms

  • Scantness
  • Slenderness
  • Leanness
  • Shortfall
  • Exiguity
  • Scarcity
  • Deficit
  • Meagerness
  • Poorness
  • Scantiness

Meaning 2

A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Insufficiency

Hypernyms

  • Failing

Meaning 3

Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Inadequateness

Antonyms

  • Adequacy

Hyponyms

  • Jejuneness
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