Definition for Inadequacy:

• Insufficiency, the condition of being unequal to the performance of the work demanded; incompetence.

Synonyms for Inadequacy:

• n.

  •
  • failing,
  • fault.
  •
  • insufficient,
  • drawback,
  • inadequate.
  •
  • ineffectuality,
  • ineffectualness,
  • inefficacy,
  • helplessness,
  • amateurishness.
  •
  • underage,
  • scantness,
  • scarcity.
  •absence (noun)
  • want,
  • drought,
  • need.
  •attribute (noun)
  • deficiency,
  • insufficiency.
  •dearth (noun)
  • defect,
  • shortage,
  • scantness,
  • sparsity,
  • absence,
  • famine,
  • default,
  • exiguousness.
  •default (noun)
  • fault,
  • delinquency,
  • error.
  •deficit (noun)
  • arrears,
  • shortfall.
  •disadvantage(s) (noun)
  • inutility,
  • problem,
  • limitation,
  • snag,
  • disability,
  • liability,
  • handicap,
  • weak point.
  •disproportion (noun)
  • disparity,
  • unevenness,
  • inequality,
  • asymmetry,
  • difference,
  • irregularity.
  •failure (noun)
  • default,
  • Unsuccess,
  • insolvency,
  • bankruptcy,
  • decline,
  • nonfeasance.
  •feebleness (noun)
  • infirmity,
  • insignificance,
  • Sickliness,
  • inability,
  • frailty.
  •imbalance (noun)
  • disproportion.
  •imperfection (noun)
  • defect,
  • fallibility,
  • foible,
  • taint,
  • faultiness,
  • blemish,
  • spoilage,
  • catch,
  • demerit,
  • blotch,
  • flaw,
  • incompleteness,
  • peccadillo.
  •impotence (noun)
  • incapability,
  • inability,
  • powerlessness,
  • impotence,
  • disability,
  • incompetence,
  • handicap,
  • weakness,
  • feebleness.
  •inadequacy (noun)
  • insufficiency,
  • deficiency,
  • inadequateness.
  •ineffectuality (noun)
  • ineffectiveness,
  • uselessness,
  • ineffectualness,
  • incapability.
  •inefficacy (noun)
  • inefficacy.
  •inferiority (noun)
  • ineptitude.
  •insufficiency (noun)
  • niggardliness,
  • skimpiness,
  • scantiness,
  • meagerness,
  • scarceness,
  • miserliness,
  • poverty,
  • dearth,
  • Flyspeck,
  • famine,
  • speck,
  • stinginess,
  • paucity,
  • sparseness,
  • pittance.
  •inutility (noun)
  • unsuitability,
  • ineffectiveness,
  • Detrimentalness,
  • impracticality,
  • failure,
  • uselessness,
  • futility,
  • good-for-nothingness,
  • fruitlessness.
  •lack (noun)
  • exiguity,
  • insufficiency.
  •poverty (noun)
  • underdevelopment,
  • Neediness,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • need.
  •shortage (noun)
  • lack,
  • insufficiency,
  • shortcoming,
  • imperfection,
  • arrears,
  • shortage,
  • deficit,
  • shortfall,
  • deficiency.
  •shortage, defect, inability (noun)
  • flaw,
  • ineffectiveness,
  • inefficiency,
  • imperfection,
  • unfitness,
  • scantiness,
  • incompleteness,
  • meagerness,
  • paucity,
  • inefficacy,
  • incapacity,
  • incompetency,
  • failing,
  • defalcation,
  • deficiency,
  • drawback,
  • inadequateness,
  • underage,
  • poverty,
  • ineffectualness,
  • dearth,
  • insufficiency,
  • deficit,
  • blemish,
  • unsuitableness,
  • lack,
  • incompetence,
  • shortcoming,
  • inaptness,
  • skimpiness,
  • faultiness,
  • ineptitude,
  • defectiveness,
  • weakness.

• v.

  •lack (verb)
  • need.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • failing,
  • ineffectualness,
  • ineffectuality,
  • inefficacy,
  • abnormality,
  • fault,
  • damage,
  • scantness.
  •
  • demerit,
  • underage,
  • helplessness,
  • absence.
  •
  • limitation.
  •deficiency
  • inferiority,
  • scarcity.
  •uselessness
  • worthlessness.
  •Other relevant words:
  • inferiority,
  • callowness,
  • drought,
  • failing,
  • imbalance,
  • injustice,
  • minority,
  • heterogeneity,
  • inefficaciousness,
  • foible,
  • inefficacy,
  • short measure,
  • infancy,
  • mediocrity,
  • inexactness,
  • liability,
  • odds,
  • want,
  • ineptitude,
  • Unproficiency,
  • asymmetry,
  • scarcity,
  • unaptness,
  • subnormality,
  • crunch,
  • Arrestment,
  • fallibility,
  • incompetency,
  • scantness,
  • damage,
  • faute,
  • amateurishness,
  • exiguity,
  • inadequate,
  • short supply,
  • kink,
  • ineffectualness,
  • Arrearage,
  • insolvency,
  • patchiness,
  • littleness,
  • falling short,
  • meanness,
  • Dissatisfactoriness,
  • irregularity,
  • blot,
  • maladroitness,
  • inaptitude,
  • infirmity,
  • underage,
  • labor in vain,
  • fewness,
  • unimportance,
  • disservice,
  • rift,
  • insignificance,
  • vulnerable place,
  • badness,
  • default,
  • unsuitableness,
  • disproportion,
  • imperfectness,
  • Nonfulfillment,
  • inexactitude,
  • Incompletion,
  • weak link,
  • Unintelligence,
  • inappropriateness,
  • error,
  • too little,
  • problem,
  • too late,
  • puniness,
  • weak point,
  • peccadillo,
  • inequality,
  • unbalance,
  • ineptness,
  • need,
  • defection,
  • uncleverness,
  • frailty,
  • nonuniformity,
  • sketchiness,
  • erroneousness,
  • undersupply,
  • unevenness,
  • unfitness,
  • insufficient,
  • inutility,
  • scrappiness,
  • Indefensibility,
  • Arrear,
  • unproductiveness,
  • overbalance,
  • stint,
  • drawback,
  • Incapacitation,
  • disablement,
  • lost trouble,
  • helplessness,
  • poorness,
  • abnormality,
  • exiguousness,
  • smallness,
  • inaptness,
  • snag,
  • fault,
  • Unsuccess,
  • crack,
  • ineffectuality,
  • difference,
  • contrariety,
  • inefficiency,
  • Neediness,
  • unacceptability,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • Indexterity,
  • unsatisfactoriness,
  • bare subsistence,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • inattentiveness,
  • impairment,
  • decline,
  • Rustiness,
  • vulgarity,
  • worthlessness,
  • undesirability,
  • defectiveness,
  • unfruitfulness,
  • bug,
  • Intolerability,
  • meagreness,
  • underdevelopment,
  • imbecility,
  • inaccuracy,
  • Wardship,
  • hole,
  • immaturity,
  • impotency,
  • Sickliness,
  • crime,
  • defalcation,
  • Lowliness,
  • pettiness,
  • inadequateness,
  • slump,
  • disparity,
  • absence,
  • scarce,
  • impurity,
  • Peccancy,
  • inexpediency,
  • insubstantial,
  • Defectibility,
  • demerit,
  • nonfeasance,
  • inequity,
  • adulteration,
  • inadmissibility,
  • catch,
  • limitation,
  • incapacity,
  • taint,
  • unskillfulness,
  • maladjustment,
  • baseness,
  • triviality,
  • shabbiness,
  • disequilibrium,
  • sparsity,
  • unsoundness,
  • bankruptcy,
  • Pedestrianism,
  • delinquency,
  • disqualification.

Antonyms for Inadequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    adequacy, sufficiency.
  • dearth
    plentifulness.
  • default
    success, payment, satisfaction.
  • deficit
    superfluousness.
  • disadvantage(s)
    good fortune.
  • disproportion
    evenness, parity, proportion, equality, balance.
  • failure
    attainment, win, earnings, accomplishment, merit, achievement, gain.
  • feebleness
    heartiness, power, soundness, health, effectiveness.
  • imperfection
    purity, excellence, flawlessness.
  • shortage, defect, inability
    advantage, sufficiency, abundance, plenty, adequacy, perfection, ability, strength, excess, strong point, enough, extra.
  • Other antonyms:
    knack, bountifulness, puissance, suitableness, aptitude, wealth, copiousness, sinew, gift, overabundance, flair, surfeit, oversupply, talent, genius, suitability, opulence, power, plenty, fitness, strength, endowment, potency, bent, amplitude.

Hypernym for Inadequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    meagerness, poorness, scarceness, slenderness, scantiness, deficit, shortfall, leanness, meagreness, exiguity, scantness, scarcity, shortage.

Hyponym for Inadequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    amount.