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inadequacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deficiency, insufficiency |
| Type of | amount |
| Has types | deficit, shortfall, slenderness, exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage |
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits.
inadequacy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inadequateness |
| Type of | unsatisfactoriness |
| Has types | jejuneness, jejunity |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | insufficiency |
| Type of | failing, weakness |
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents.
Examples of inadequacy
inadequacy
They should know how to deal with setbacks, stresses and feelings of inadequacy.
From the time.com
This stands to reason only if one also accepts the inadequacy of Hewer's analogy.
From the newscientist.com
The CQC reports demonstrate the woeful inadequacy of inspection of Winterborne.
From the guardian.co.uk
In some other cases, an inadequacy of emotional detail dilutes the impact, too.
From the washingtonpost.com
The third is the inadequacy in an underlying process that is taken for granted.
From the economist.com
The issues the book raises are the eternal ones of loss, deceit and inadequacy.
From the express.co.uk
It was seriously flawed, but its inadequacy went undetected for a very long time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In fact, to find an inadequacy in any criterion is to invoke negative pragmatism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As opposed to tools like you with inadequacy issues who are to cowardly to serve.
From the swampland.time.com
- Insufficiency: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- Insufficiency: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
- Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
- (inadequate) lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
- (inadequate) not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"
- The state of being inadequate; a shortage of required material; a lack of competence or ability
- (inadequate) Unequal to what is required, unable to meet a need.
- The loss or expense that is incurred by virtue of lost or reduced capacity, technological obsolescence, and/or abnormal wear and tear and that requires premature replacement or abandonment.
- A condition in which the capacity of the company's capital assets is too small to meet the company's productive demands.
