inadequacy

inadequacy
n
1. insufficiency, deficiency, incompleteness; incommensurability, unsuitability; mediocrity, inferiority, unsatisfactoriness, unacceptableness; scantiness, skimpiness, scrimpiness, meagerness, Inf. slim pickings.
2. shortage, deficit, lack; dearth, scarcity, paucity, poverty; short supply, sellers' market, none to spare. 549
3. inaptness, ineptness, ineptitude, incompetence, incapability, incapacity, inability; unskillfulness, inex-pertness, unproficiency, undeftness, undexterousness, maladroitness; inefficiency, inefficacy, inefficaciousness, ineffectiveness.
4. fault, flaw, failing, foible, weakness; weak link, chink in one's armor, Achilles heel.

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  • inadequacy — (n.) 1764, from INADEQUATE (Cf. inadequate) + CY (Cf. cy). Related: Inadequacies …   Etymology dictionary

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  • inadequacy — [in ad′i kwə sē] n. pl. inadequacies quality, state, or instance of being inadequate …   English World dictionary

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  • inadequacy — in|ad|e|qua|cy [ ın ædəkwəsi ] noun 1. ) uncount the failure to be of the quantity or quality needed for a particular purpose: These statistics show the total inadequacy of the present oil reserves. a ) a lack of confidence that makes someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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