Definition for Inadequacy:

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

Synonyms for Inadequacy:

• n.

  •
  • inadequate,
  • scant,
  • tight,
  • not go far,
  • meagre,
  • drawback,
  • pitiful,
  • in short/limited supply,
  • insufficient,
  • miserable,
  • derisory.
  •
  • shakiness,
  • strong,
  • heavy-handedness,
  • amateurishness,
  • affect.
  •absence (noun)
  • need,
  • unavailability,
  • privation,
  • void,
  • drought,
  • omission,
  • inadequacy,
  • unavailabilities.
  •attribute (noun)
  • deficiency,
  • insufficiency.
  •dearth (noun)
  • defect.
  •default (noun)
  • error,
  • transgression,
  • nonpayment,
  • blunder,
  • lapse,
  • offense,
  • disregard,
  • slight,
  • oversight,
  • delinquency,
  • overlooking,
  • vice,
  • dereliction,
  • wrongdoing.
  •deficit (noun)
  • loss,
  • in the red,
  • DUES,
  • arrears.
  •difficulty, trouble (noun)
  • disadvantage(s).
  •disadvantage(s) (noun)
  • 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.
  •disproportion (noun)
  • discrepancy,
  • unevenness,
  • disparity,
  • asymmetry,
  • irregularity,
  • difference,
  • inequality.
  •failure (noun)
  • 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.
  •feebleness (noun)
  • flimsiness,
  • frailty,
  • effeteness,
  • exhaustion,
  • insignificance,
  • frailness,
  • disease,
  • languor,
  • senility,
  • delicacy,
  • decrepitude,
  • unhealthiness,
  • lameness,
  • lassitude,
  • debility,
  • Sickliness,
  • malaise,
  • Infirmness,
  • infirmity,
  • Etiolation,
  • enervation.
  •imbalance (noun)
  • disproportion.
  •pittance (noun)
  • drop in bucket,
  • slave wage,
  • drop the bucket,
  • drop bucket.
  •poverty (noun)
  • pauperism,
  • under-development,
  • impecuniousness,
  • Impecuniosity,
  • impoverishment,
  • vacancy,
  • abjection,
  • Neediness,
  • penuriousness,
  • Necessitousness,
  • pennilessness,
  • underdevelopment.
  •shortage (noun)
  • shortcoming.
  •shortage, defect, inability (noun)
  • inaptness,
  • incompleteness,
  • ineptitude,
  • weakness,
  • ineffectiveness,
  • blemish,
  • unfitness,
  • inadequateness,
  • incapacity,
  • faultiness,
  • inefficiency,
  • meagerness,
  • paucity.
  •shortfall (noun)
  • defectivenesses.
  •thinness (noun)
  • in-compactness,
  • subtilties,
  • in compactness,
  • sparenesses,
  • in compactnesses,
  • slimnesses,
  • gauntnesses,
  • sparsenesses,
  • incompactnesses,
  • subtilizations,
  • in-compactnesses,
  • shallownesses.
  •unsuccess (noun)
  • un successes,
  • un-successes,
  • un-success,
  • un success.
  •unsuccessfulness (noun)
  • un successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulnesses,
  • un-successfulness,
  • un successfulness.
  •want (noun)
  • skimpinesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • failing,
  • underside,
  • ineffectuality,
  • damage,
  • inefficacy,
  • scantness,
  • fault,
  • abnormality,
  • Achilles' Heel,
  • ineffectualness.
  •
  • disadvantage,
  • helplessness,
  • underage,
  • demerit,
  • absence.
  •
  • limitation.

Paraphrases for Inadequacy:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    insufficiency, deficiency, Deficiencies.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insufficiency, weakness, imperfection, deficiency.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    adequacy.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    shortfall.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    paucity, dearth.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mechanisms, inefficiency, inability, inconsistency, sufficiency, maladjustment, discrepancy, impotence, helplessness, inaccuracy, gap, absence, deficit, Underemployment, defect, improper, Incapacitation, efficiency, disability.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    insufficient, inadequate.
  • 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.

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, extra, excess, perfection, ability, enough, abundance, strong point.
  • 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.

Inadequacy Sentence Examples:

• Human inadequacy becomes clear in the gloomy abode of miscellaneous bones.

• Never had her inadequacy to appreciate my career been more apparent!

Hypernym for Inadequacy:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Inadequacy:

• n.

  • attribute
    amount.