inadequacy :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (4)

n. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

n. a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

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Fuzzynyms (39)

helplessness, weakness, impuissance

n. powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active"

feebleness, tenuity

n. the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

frailty, vice

n. moral weakness

futility

n. uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

worthlessness, ineptitude

n. having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"

imperfection, imperfectness

n. the state or an instance of being imperfect

frailty, vice

n. moral weakness

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

inefficiency

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

force, forcefulness, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

decay, decline

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

worsening

n. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy, failure

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

weakness

n. a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"

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Antonyms (5)

adequacy, adequateness

n. the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"

sufficiency

n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

sufficiency

n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

abundance

n. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

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