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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inadequacy \In*ad"e*qua*cy\, n. [From {Inadequate}.]
The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient;
defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged
causes. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
inadequacy
n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: {insufficiency}, {deficiency}]
[ant: {sufficiency}, {sufficiency}]
2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in
the parents" [syn: {insufficiency}]
3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: {inadequateness}]
[ant: {adequacy}]
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