Inadequacy has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
2
a lack of competence
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"
"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
3
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
4
The state of being inadequate.
Example Sentences
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
noun
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"
noun
"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
noun
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