inadequacy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- shortage, dearth, insufficiency, meagreness, paucity, poverty, scantiness
- incompetence, deficiency, inability, incapacity, ineffectiveness
- shortcoming, defect, failing, imperfection, weakness

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Antonyms: adequacy

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ad‧e‧qua‧cy AC /ɪnˈædəkwəsi, ɪnˈædɪkwəsi/ noun (plural inadequacies)
[Word Family: noun: adequacy ≠ inadequacy; adverb: adequately ≠ inadequately; adjective: adequate ≠ inadequate]

1. [uncountable] a feeling that you are not as good, clever, skilled etc as other people:
Unemployment can cause feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.

2. [uncountable] the fact of not being good enough in quality, ability, size etc for a particular purpose
inadequacy of
the inadequacy of local health care

3. [countable usually plural] a fault or weakness:
I’m quite aware of my own inadequacies.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

inadequacy
noun
ADJ. total | fundamental | glaring, obvious | personal | sexual, social | theoretical
VERB + INADEQUACY demonstrate, expose, highlight, point out/to, reveal, show (up) She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument. The test soon revealed several inadequacies in the equipment.
realize, recognize, see I now see the inadequacy of the explanation.
admit to His advice was to be defensive and never admit to any inadequacy.
cover up, disguise, hide They possibly falsified the results to cover up the inadequacies of their theory.
overcome Clear legislative reform is needed to overcome the inadequacies of the current situation.
INADEQUACY + VERB arise from sth, stem from sth
PREP. ~ in inadequacies in educational facilities
PHRASES a feeling/sense of inadequacy

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲