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inadequacy
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Nouninadequacy has 3 senses
insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" --1is a kind ofamount Antonyms:sufficiency, adequacy --1has particulars:
insufficiency, inadequacy - a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" --2is a kind offailing, weakness