Inadequacy
11inadequacy — 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,… …
12inadequacy — noun 1) the inadequacy of available resources Syn: insufficiency, deficiency, deficit, scarcity, sparseness, dearth, paucity, shortage, want, lack, undersupply; paltriness, meagerness Ant: abundance …
13inadequacy — noun 1. lack of an adequate quantity or number (Freq. 1) the inadequacy of unemployment benefits • Syn: ↑insufficiency, ↑deficiency • Ant: ↑adequacy, ↑sufficiency ( …
14inadequacy — inadequate ► ADJECTIVE 1) insufficient for a purpose. 2) unable to deal with a situation or with life. DERIVATIVES inadequacy noun (pl. inadequacies) inadequately adverb …
15inadequacy of price — The price obtained at a judicial sale: inadequacy so gross as to shock the conscience and raise a presumption of fraud, unfairness, or mistake. 30A Am J Rev ed Jud S § 135 …
16inadequacy — noun (plural cies) Date: 1787 1. the quality or state of being inadequate 2. insufficiency, deficiency …
17inadequacy — /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] …
18inadequacy — noun a) the state of being inadequate b) a shortage of required material …
19inadequacy — in·ad·e·qua·cy ( )in ad i kwə sē n, pl cies the quality or state of being inadequate * * * in·ad·e·qua·cy (in adґə kwə se) [in 2 + adaequare to make equal] inability to perform an allotted function; insufficiency; incompetence …
20inadequacy — Synonyms and related words: adulteration, arrear, arrearage, arrears, arrestment, asymmetry, baseness, blemish, bug, callowness, catch, contrariety, crack, decline, defalcation, default, defect, defectibility, defection, defectiveness, deficiency …
