| NOUN | attribute | inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | inadequacy, insufficiency | a lack of competence | |
| attribute | inadequacy, inadequateness | unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate / inadequate |
| Sounds | ihnae'dihkwahsiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | lack of an adequate quantity or number. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" | |
| Synonyms | insufficiency, deficiency | |
| Narrower | deficit, shortage, shortfall | The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required |
| meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity | The quality of being meager | |
| scarcity, scarceness | A small and inadequate amount | |
| slenderness | The quality of being slight or inadequate | |
| Broader | amount | The relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion |
| Opposite | sufficiency, adequacy | The quality of being sufficient for the end in view |
| Spanish | carencia, deficiencia, insuficiencia, pobreza | |
| Catalan | deficiència, dèficit, insuficiència, manca | |
| Meaning | A lack of competence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" | |
| Synonym | insufficiency | |
| Broader | failing, weakness | A flaw or weak point |
| Spanish | insuficiencia | |
| Catalan | insuficiència | |
| Meaning | unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate / inadequate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | inadequateness | |
| Narrower | jejunity, jejuneness | Quality of lacking nutritive value |
| Broader | unsatisfactoriness | The quality of being inadequate / inadequate or unsuitable |
| Opposite | adequacy, adequateness | The quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily |
| Spanish | inadecuación | |
| Catalan | inadequació | |
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