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English noun: inadequacy | |||
| 1. | inadequacy (attribute) lack of an adequate quantity or number | ||
| Samples | The inadequacy of unemployment benefits. | ||
| Synonyms | deficiency, insufficiency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amount | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deficit, exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, slenderness | ||
| Antonyms | adequacy, sufficiency | ||
| 2. | inadequacy (state) a lack of competence | ||
| Samples | Pointed out the insufficiencies in my report. Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents. | ||
| Synonyms | insufficiency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | failing, weakness | ||
| 3. | inadequacy (attribute) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | ||
| Synonyms | inadequateness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unsatisfactoriness | ||
| Antonyms | adequacy, adequateness | ||
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