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[syn: inadequacy, inadequateness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
inad['e]quat.]
Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
representations, etc. --Dryden. -- In*ad"e*quate*ly, adv.
-- In*ad"e*quate*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inadequateness
n 1: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn:
inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy,
adequateness]