inadequacy
noun
[ ɪnˈadɪkwəsi ]
• the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.
• "the inadequacy of available resources"
Similar:
insufficiency,
deficiency,
scantness,
scarcity,
scarceness,
sparseness,
dearth,
paucity,
poverty,
shortage,
want,
lack,
undersupply,
paltriness,
meagreness,
niggardliness,
sketchiness,
incompleteness,
limitedness,
restrictedness,
exiguity,
exiguousness,
incompetence,
incapability,
unfitness,
ineffectiveness,
ineffectuality,
inefficiency,
inefficacy,
inexpertness,
lack of skill,
lack of proficiency,
ineptness,
uselessness,
hopelessness,
impotence,
powerlessness,
amateurishness,
inferiority,
unsatisfactoriness,
substandardness,
shortcoming,
defect,
fault,
failing,
weakness,
weak point,
limitation,
flaw,
imperfection,
Achilles heel,
loophole,