Inadequateness

  • 41insufficiency — /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi / (say insuh fishuhnsee) noun deficiency in amount, force, or fitness; inadequateness. Also, insufficience …

  • 42adequacy — [n] ability, competency in some action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitableness, tolerableness; concepts 636,656 Ant. inadequacy, inadequateness,… …

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  • 43inadequacy — [n] shortage, defect, inability blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness,… …

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  • 44inadequate — [in ad′i kwət] adj. not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required inadequately adv. inadequateness n …

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  • 45unsatisfactoriness — noun the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable • Ant: ↑satisfactoriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑unsatisfactory • Hypernyms: ↑quality • Hyponyms: ↑inadequacy, ↑ …

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