Inadequateness
11Insufficiency — In suf*fi cien*cy, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of… …
12inadequate — adjective Date: 1671 not adequate ; insufficient < inadequate equipment >; also not capable < was inadequate as a leader > • inadequately adverb • inadequateness noun …
13inadequacy — /in ad i kweuh see/, n., pl. inadequacies for 2. 1. Also, inadequateness /in ad i kwit nis/. the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency. 2. something inadequate; defect: The plan has many inadequacies. [1780 90; INADEQU(ATE) + ACY] …
14deficiency — de·fi·cien·cy /di fi shən sē/ n pl cies: an amount that is lacking or inadequate: as a: the difference between the amount of tax owed and the amount of tax paid b: the difference between the amount owed under a security agreement and the amount… …
15dearth — I noun absence, caritas, deficiency, destitution, exiguity, exiguousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompleteness, indigence, inopia, insufficiency, lack, leanness, littleness, meagerness, need, paucity, penuria, penury, pinch …
16insufficiency — I noun absence, dearth, deficiency, deficit, depletion, emptiness, exhaustion, exiguity, exiguousness, falling short, fewness, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompetence, incompleteness, inopia, lack, meagerness, need, not enough, paucity, penuria …
17deficiency — Synonyms and related words: absence, adulteration, arrearage, arrestment, baseness, beggary, blemish, break, bug, callowness, catch, crack, dearth, defalcation, default, defect, defectibility, defection, defectiveness, deficit, demerit,… …
18immaturity — Synonyms and related words: adulteration, amateurishness, amateurism, arrestment, babyishness, brand newness, callowness, childishness, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, defectibility, defectiveness, deficiency, dewiness, erroneousness, fallibility …
19impairment — Synonyms and related words: adulteration, attrition, curtailment, cut, cutting, damage, debilitation, decrease, decrement, defectibility, defectiveness, deficiency, depletion, depreciation, derogation, deterioration, detraction, detriment,… …
20impurity — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, adulteration, amorality, backsliding, bad taste, barbarism, barbarousness, black sheep, blemish, bombasticness, cacology, cacophony, carnality, clumsiness, coarseness, contaminant, contamination, corruption …
