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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,
Opposite: abundance, surplus, competence, strong point,


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