inadequacy
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in·ad·e·qua·cy
(ĭn-ăd′ĭ-kwə-sē)n. pl. in·ad·e·qua·cies
1. The quality or condition of being inadequate.
2. An instance of being inadequate; a failing or lack.
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in•ad•e•qua•cy
(ɪnˈæd ɪ kwə si)n., pl. -cies.
1. the state or condition of being inadequate.
2. shortcoming; deficiency.
[1780–90]
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Noun | 1. | inadequacy - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people" exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, poorness - the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot deficit, shortage, shortfall - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount slenderness - the quality of being slight or inadequate; "he knew the slenderness of my wallet"; "the slenderness of the chances that anything would be done"; "the slenderness of the evidence" adequacy, sufficiency - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" |
2. | inadequacy - a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" | |
3. | inadequacy - unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate unsatisfactoriness - the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable adequacy, adequateness - the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" |
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inadequacy
noun
1. shortage, poverty, dearth, paucity, insufficiency, incompleteness, meagreness, skimpiness, scantiness, inadequateness the inadequacy of the water supply
2. incompetence, inability, deficiency, incapacity, ineffectiveness, incompetency, unfitness, inefficacy, defectiveness, inaptness, faultiness, unsuitableness his deep-seated sense of inadequacy
3. shortcoming, failing, lack, weakness, shortage, defect, imperfection He drank heavily in an effort to forget his own inadequacies.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
inadequacy
noun1. The condition or state of being incapable of accomplishing or effecting anything:
2. The condition or fact of being deficient:
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Translations
عَدَم كِفايَه، نَقْص
nepřiměřenost
utilstrækkelighed
vöntun; sem er ófullnægjandi
neprimeranosť
yetersizlik
inadequacy
[ɪnˈædɪkwəsɪ] N1. (= insufficiency) [of funding, resources, measures, training] → insuficiencia f; [of housing, diet] → lo inadecuado
2. (= weakness) [of person] → incompetencia f, ineptitud f; [of system] → deficiencia f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
inadequacy
[ɪnˈædɪkwəsi] n [supply, provision, system] → insuffisance f
the inadequacies of sth (= deficiencies) → les insuffisances de qch
the inadequacies of sth (= deficiencies) → les insuffisances de qch
(lack of requisite qualities for job, role) → inaptitude f
(= weakness) [person] → faiblesse f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
inadequacy
n → Unzulänglichkeit f; (of measures) → Unangemessenheit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
inadequate
(inˈӕdikwət) adjective not sufficient; not adequate. inadequate supplies; Our equipment is inadequate for this job.
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