inadequacy

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being inadequate.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A shortage of required material.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A lack of competence or ability.

Opposite of
adequacy, ;, plenty#Noun
Synonyms

insufficiency
deficiency
21k
shortage
C2
lack
B2
inappropriateness
inadequateness
defect
C2
deficit
C2
unfitness
shortcoming
imbalance
23k
imperfection
35k
impropriety
39k
incompetence
C2
paucity
scarcity
36k
unsuitability
indigence
inefficacy
inefficiency
46k
ineptness
gap
C1
flaw
C2
lameness
meagerness
meagreness

not applicable

yours in haste

poorness
rarity
C2
scantiness
scantness
poverty
C1
fewness
absence
C1
shortfall
sketchiness
skimpiness
distress
C1

lack of success

want
A1
inadequate
C2
imperfectness
impecuniousness
weakness
B2
Translations

insuffisance
insuficiencia
insufficienza
insuficiência
carência
Unzulänglichkeit

Unangemessenheit

insuficiència

inadequação

Mangel
deficienza
mancanza
carence
deficiência
inadeguatezza
Frequency

44k

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