inadequacy

Meaning of inadequacy

noun
  1. the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.
    the inadequacy of available resources
    the inadequacies of the present system

Information about inadequacy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of inadequacy is: inadequacies.
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Hyphenation of inadequacy

in-ad-e-quacy

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • inadequacy is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

inadequacy synonyms

Meaning insufficiency:

insufficiency, deficiency

Meaning inadequateness:

inadequateness

Meaning the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage:

scarcity

Meaning a scarcity or lack of something:

dearth

Meaning the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts:

paucity

Meaning the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount:

poverty

Meaning a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts:

shortage

Meaning a lack or deficiency of something:

want

Meaning the state of being without or not having enough of something:

lack

Meaning an insufficient stock or amount of something:

undersupply

Meaning lack of quantity or quality; inadequacy:

meagreness

Meaning inability to do something successfully; ineptitude:

incompetence

Meaning the quality of not producing any significant or desired effect:

ineffectiveness

Meaning the state of not achieving maximum productivity; failure to make the best use of time or resources:

inefficiency

Meaning failure to produce the desired effect:

inefficacy

Meaning inability to achieve an intended purpose or desired outcome:

uselessness

Meaning a feeling or state of despair; lack of hope:

hopelessness

Meaning inability to take effective action; helplessness:

impotence

Meaning lack of ability, influence, or power:

powerlessness

Meaning the condition of being lower in status or quality than another or others:

inferiority

Meaning a fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person's character, a plan, or a system:

shortcoming

Meaning a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack:

defect

Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:

fault

Meaning a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming:

failing

Meaning the state or condition of being weak:

weakness

Meaning a limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction:

limitation

Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:

flaw

Meaning a fault, blemish, or undesirable feature:

imperfection

Meaning an ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules:

loophole

inadequacy antonyms

Meaning a very large quantity of something:

abundance

Meaning an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply:

surplus

Meaning the ability to do something successfully or efficiently:

competence

Translation of inadequacy

Words that rhyme with inadequacy

adequacy, preadequacy

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