'Inadequacy' definitions:
Definition of 'inadequacy'
From: WordNet
noun
Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
noun
A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]
noun
Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy, adequateness]
Definition of 'Inadequacy'
From: GCIDE
- Inadequacy \In*ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [From Inadequate.] The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness. [1913 Webster]
- The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes. --Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inadequacy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulteration,
- arrear,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- arrestment,
- asymmetry,
- baseness,
- blemish,
- bug,
- callowness,
- catch,
- contrariety,
- crack,
- decline,
- defalcation,
- default,
- defect,
- defectibility,
- defection,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- delinquency,
- difference,
- disability,
- disablement,
- disequilibrium,
- disparity,
- disproportion,
- disqualification,
- dissatisfactoriness,
- drawback,
- erroneousness,
- failing,
- failure,
- fallibility,
- falling short,
- fault,
- faultiness,
- faute,
- fewness,
- flaw,
- foible,
- frailty,
- heterogeneity,
- hole,
- imbalance,
- imbecility,
- immaturity,
- impairment,
- imperfection,
- impurity,
- inability,
- inaccuracy,
- inadeptness,
- inadequateness,
- inadmissibility,
- inaptitude,
- inaptness,
- inattentiveness,
- incapability,
- incapacitation,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- incompleteness,
- incompletion,
- indefensibility,
- indexterity,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- ineffectualness,
- inefficacy,
- inefficiency,
- ineptitude,
- ineptness,
- inequality,
- inequity,
- inexactitude,
- inexactness,
- infancy,
- inferiority,
- infirmity,
- injustice,
- insufficiency,
- insufficientness,
- intolerability,
- irregularity,
- kink,
- lack,
- legal incapacity,
- little problem,
- littleness,
- maladjustment,
- maladroitness,
- meanness,
- mediocrity,
- minority,
- none to spare,
- nonfulfillment,
- nonsatisfaction,
- nonuniformity,
- objectionability,
- odds,
- overbalance,
- patchiness,
- pedestrianism,
- pettiness,
- problem,
- rift,
- rustiness,
- scantiness,
- scrappiness,
- shabbiness,
- short measure,
- short supply,
- short weight,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- sketchiness,
- skill-lessness,
- slump,
- smallness,
- snag,
- something missing,
- subnormality,
- taint,
- thoughtlessness,
- too late,
- too little,
- triviality,
- unacceptability,
- unaptness,
- unbalance,
- uncleverness,
- undeftness,
- underage,
- underdevelopment,
- undesirability,
- undevelopment,
- undexterousness,
- undextrousness,
- unevenness,
- unfair discrimination,
- unfitness,
- unfittedness,
- unintelligence,
- unperfectedness,
- unproficiency,
- unqualification,
- unsatisfactoriness,
- unschooledness,
- unskillfulness,
- unsoundness,
- unsuitability,
- untenability,
- untrainedness,
- vulgarity,
- vulnerable place,
- want,
- wardship,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness