inadequacy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inadequacy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inadequacy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inadequacy n lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" Synonym(s): insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency Antonym(s): adequacy, sufficiency a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" Synonym(s): insufficiency, inadequacy unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate Synonym(s): inadequacy, inadequateness Antonym(s): adequacy, adequateness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inadequacy \Inad"equacy\, 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.