What is another word for inadequacy?
397 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnˈadɪkwəsi], [ ɪnˈadɪkwəsi], [ ɪ_n_ˈa_d_ɪ_k_w_ə_s_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for inadequacy:- absence (noun)
- attribute (noun)
- dearth (noun)
- default (noun)
- deficit (noun)
- difficulty, trouble (noun)
- disadvantage(s) (noun)
- disproportion (noun)
- failure (noun)
- feebleness (noun)
- imbalance (noun)
- imperfection (noun)
- impotence (noun)
- inability (noun)
- inadequacy (noun)
- incapability (noun)
- incompetence (noun)
- ineffectiveness (noun)
- ineffectuality (noun)
- inferiority (noun)
- insolvency (noun)
- insufficiency (noun)
- inutility (noun)
- lack (noun)
- nonfeasance (noun)
- pittance (noun)
- poverty (noun)
- shortage (noun)
- shortfall (noun)
- thinness (noun)
- unsuccess (noun)
- unsuccessfulness (noun)
- want (noun)
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Synonyms for Inadequacy:
n.
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- inadequate,
- scant,
- tight,
- not go far,
- meagre,
- drawback,
- pitiful,
- in short/limited supply,
- insufficient,
- miserable,
- derisory.
- error,
- transgression,
- nonpayment,
- blunder,
- lapse,
- offense,
- disregard,
- slight,
- oversight,
- delinquency,
- overlooking,
- vice,
- dereliction,
- wrongdoing.
- loss,
- in the red,
- DUES,
- arrears.
- liability,
- burden,
- hamper,
- hindrance,
- hardship,
- deprivation,
- nuisance,
- objection,
- bar,
- disability,
- adverse circumstance,
- weak point,
- problem,
- restraint,
- impediment,
- obstacle,
- stumbling block,
- snag,
- blocking,
- imposition,
- detriment,
- handicap,
- inconvenience.
- downfall,
- wreck,
- fiasco,
- bungle,
- rout,
- nonperformance,
- faux pas,
- bomb,
- total loss,
- flash in the pan,
- bust,
- flop,
- miscarriage,
- decline,
- implosion,
- nonfeasance,
- frustration,
- misstep,
- sinking ship,
- Unsuccess,
- non-success,
- turkey,
- defeat,
- washout,
- nonsuccess,
- Non-performance,
- breakdown,
- stoppage,
- false step,
- checkmate,
- lemon,
- botch,
- insolvency,
- deterioration,
- stalemate,
- loser,
- lead balloon,
- collapse,
- rupture,
- bankruptcy,
- decay,
- abortion,
- misadventure,
- overthrow,
- mess,
- unsuccessfulness.
- flimsiness,
- frailty,
- effeteness,
- exhaustion,
- insignificance,
- frailness,
- disease,
- languor,
- senility,
- delicacy,
- decrepitude,
- unhealthiness,
- lameness,
- lassitude,
- debility,
- Sickliness,
- malaise,
- Infirmness,
- infirmity,
- Etiolation,
- enervation.
- disfigurement,
- taint,
- gremlin,
- catch,
- incompleteness,
- deformity,
- foible,
- blemish,
- stain,
- blotch,
- sin,
- spoilage,
- fallibility,
- peccadillo,
- faultiness.
- in-capacitations,
- dis-qualification,
- in capacitation,
- in efficiency,
- in efficiencies,
- dis-qualifications,
- in-efficiencies,
- in-efficiency,
- dis qualification,
- in aptitudes,
- un-fitnesses,
- un fitnesses,
- incapacitations,
- ineptnesses,
- in-aptitude,
- inaptitudes,
- un-fitness,
- un fitness,
- dis qualifications,
- in-aptitudes,
- in aptitude,
- in capacitations,
- in-capacitation.
- in experiences,
- in-experiences,
- in-experience,
- in competences,
- in competence,
- in-competences,
- in experience,
- in-competence.
- penuriousness,
- pennilessness,
- Necessitousness,
- pauperism,
- abjection,
- vacancy,
- impoverishment,
- under-development,
- impecuniousness.
Other synonyms:
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- failing,
- underside,
- ineffectuality,
- damage,
- inefficacy,
- scantness,
- fault,
- abnormality,
- Achilles' Heel,
- ineffectualness.
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- limitation.
- scarce,
- unbalance,
- disequilibrium,
- inadeptness,
- inefficaciousness,
- unskillfulness,
- impotency,
- scrappiness,
- too little,
- poorness,
- too late,
- inexactitude,
- disservice,
- bug,
- unfruitfulness,
- labor in vain,
- disablement,
- insubstantial,
- vulnerable place,
- incapacity,
- baseness,
- littleness,
- Indexterity,
- imbalance,
- overbalance,
- inexpediency,
- thoughtlessness,
- shabbiness,
- slump,
- callowness,
- Arrearage,
- sketchiness,
- unaptness,
- puniness,
- short supply,
- uncleverness,
- patchiness,
- inaptness,
- kink,
- crunch,
- inappropriateness,
- erroneousness,
- unimportance,
- odds,
- bare subsistence,
- crime,
- triviality,
- unfitness,
- imbecility,
- unsoundness,
- badness,
- injustice,
- disqualification,
- smallness,
- inaccuracy,
- inequity,
- Indefensibility,
- Impecuniosity,
- meagreness,
- mediocrity,
- maladjustment,
- falling short,
- underdevelopment,
- lost trouble,
- inattentiveness,
- imperfectness,
- rift,
- adulteration,
- Arrestment,
- blot,
- Nonfulfillment,
- hole,
- faute,
- Incompletion,
- Unproficiency,
- immaturity,
- inadmissibility,
- maladroitness,
- impairment,
- Unintelligence,
- Arrear,
- undersupply,
- minority,
- Rustiness,
- unsatisfactoriness,
- fewness,
- vulgarity,
- undesirability,
- contrariety,
- Wardship,
- impurity,
- Intolerability,
- meanness,
- Lowliness,
- weak link,
- Pedestrianism,
- stint,
- Peccancy,
- inefficiency,
- defection,
- unproductiveness,
- pettiness,
- Dissatisfactoriness,
- subnormality,
- short measure,
- infancy,
- heterogeneity,
- crack,
- nonuniformity,
- inexactness,
- Defectibility,
- Neediness,
- unacceptability.
Paraphrases for Inadequacy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
insufficiency, deficiency, Deficiencies.
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Noun, singular or mass
insufficiency, weakness, imperfection, deficiency.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
adequacy.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
shortfall.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
mechanisms, inefficiency, inability, inconsistency, sufficiency, maladjustment, discrepancy, impotence, helplessness, inaccuracy, gap, absence, deficit, Underemployment, defect, improper, Incapacitation, efficiency, disability.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
insufficient, inadequate.
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Noun, singular or mass
inappropriateness, unsuitability, ineptitude, ineffectiveness, shortcoming, inefficacy, incompetence, incompleteness, incapacity, deficient, mismatch, powerlessness, unfitness, unsuitable, unavailability, insufficient, flaw, unsatisfactory, inadequate, incapability, shortfall.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Inadequacy:
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n.
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attribute
adequacy, sufficiency.
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dearth
plentifulness.
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default
success, payment, satisfaction.
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deficit
superfluousness.
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disadvantage(s)
good fortune.
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disproportion
evenness, parity, proportion, equality, balance.
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failure
attainment, win, earnings, accomplishment, merit, achievement, gain.
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feebleness
heartiness, power, soundness, health, effectiveness.
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imperfection
purity, excellence, flawlessness.
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shortage, defect, inability
advantage, extra, excess, perfection, ability, enough, abundance, strong point.
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Other antonyms:
amplitude, bent, puissance, oversupply, aptitude, wealth, sinew, gift, opulence, flair, bountifulness, suitableness, surfeit, knack, overabundance, fitness, potency, talent, suitability, plenty, endowment, copiousness, genius, strength.
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attribute
Hypernym for Inadequacy:
n.
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attribute
meagerness, poorness, scarceness, slenderness, scantiness, deficit, shortfall, leanness, meagreness, exiguity, scantness, scarcity, shortage.
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attribute
Hyponym for Inadequacy:
n.
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attribute
amount.
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attribute