inadequacy
noun
Also inadequateness the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
inadequacies
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pluralof inadequacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“Marilyn’s reading formed a concerted effort to overcome any inadequacies she perceived in herself,” Crowther writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
But in practice, it has often led to long environmental reports, studies and reviews, that are sometimes followed by lawsuits over possible inadequacies that can require a restart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Aside from staffing inadequacies, controllers have warned that antiquated technology has made their jobs more challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Which is to say, the kind of people who think it's fun to randomly harass people online to distract themselves from their own inadequacies.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024
Instead, he possessed a mind capable of tinkering with things just enough to make them impossibly confusing and himself so dissatisfied with his own intellectual inadequacies that he would never be happy.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
