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English to English noun
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lack of an adequate quantity or number |  | Example: the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
source: wordnet30
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a lack of competence | | Example: pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
source: wordnet30
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unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate | | source: wordnet30
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The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness. | | source: webster1913
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