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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. lack of an adequate quantity or number;
- Example: "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
[syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency]

2. a lack of competence;
- Example: "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"
- Example: "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
[syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]

3. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate;
[syn: inadequacy, inadequateness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inadequacy \In*ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [From Inadequate.]
   The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient;
   defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
   [1913 Webster]

         The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged
         causes.                                  --Dr. T.
                                                  Dwight.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inadequacy
    n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
         unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy,
         deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
    2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
       report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in
       the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]
    3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn:
       inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy,
       adequateness]