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inadequacy (noun)

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  • inadequacy — inadequate ► ADJECTIVE 1) insufficient for a purpose. 2) unable to deal with a situation or with life. DERIVATIVES inadequacy noun (pl. inadequacies) inadequately adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • inadequacy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ personal ▪ sexual, social ▪ fundamental ▪ total (esp. BrE) ▪ glaring …   Collocations dictionary

  • inadequacy — noun (U) 1 a feeling that you are unable to deal with situations because you are not as good as other people: Unemployment can often cause feelings of inadequacy and low self esteem. 2 (U) the fact of not being good enough in quality, ability,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • inadequacy — noun 1) the inadequacy of available resources Syn: insufficiency, deficiency, deficit, scarcity, sparseness, dearth, paucity, shortage, want, lack, undersupply; paltriness, meagerness Ant: abundance …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • inadequacy — noun 1. lack of an adequate quantity or number (Freq. 1) the inadequacy of unemployment benefits • Syn: ↑insufficiency, ↑deficiency • Ant: ↑adequacy, ↑sufficiency ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • inadequacy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1787 1. the quality or state of being inadequate 2. insufficiency, deficiency …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • inadequacy — noun a) the state of being inadequate b) a shortage of required material …   Wiktionary

  • inadequacy — UK [ɪnˈædɪkwəsɪ] / US [ɪnˈædəkwəsɪ] noun Word forms inadequacy : singular inadequacy plural inadequacies 1) [uncountable] the failure to be of the quantity or quality needed for a particular purpose These statistics show the total inadequacy of… …   English dictionary

  • inadequacy — in|ad|e|qua|cy [ ın ædəkwəsi ] noun 1. ) uncount the failure to be of the quantity or quality needed for a particular purpose: These statistics show the total inadequacy of the present oil reserves. a ) a lack of confidence that makes someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • inadequacy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Inferiority] Syn. ineptitude, incompetence, insufficiency; see inability , lack 1 . 2. [A defect] Syn. flaw, drawback, shortcoming, deficiency; see defect 2 , lack 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition or state …   English dictionary for students

  • inadequacy — [ɪnˈædɪkwəsi] noun 1) [C/U] the failure to be good enough 2) [U] a lack of confidence that makes someone feel that they are not good enough …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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