inadequacy
/ɪˈnædɪkwəsi/
inadequacy noun: the state of being inadequate.
Noun
inadequacy (countable and uncountable, plural inadequacies)
- The state of being inadequate.
- sense of inadequacy
- He struggled with feelings of inadequacy.
- A shortage of required material.
- Synonyms:
- deficiency, insufficiency
- A lack of competence or ability.
- Synonyms:
- incompetence, inability, incapability
inadequacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
inadequacy in Hindi
- state of being inadequate
- अपर्याप्तता aparyāptatā
- shortage of required material
- अपर्याप्तता aparyāptatā
inadequacy in Tamil
- போதாமை
inadequacy in Bengali
- অপর্যাপ্ততা, অভাব, অযোগ্যতা, ত্রুটি
inadequacy in Malayalam
- state of being inadequate
- അപര്യാപ്തത aparyāptata
- shortage of required material
- അപര്യാപ്തത aparyāptata, കുറവ് kuṟav
- lack of competence or ability
- പോരായ്മ pōrāyma
Examples of inadequacy in a sentence
- Would his unconscious feelings of inadequacy be overcome by his Herostratic act (considered as expiation through punishment)?
- I have this feeling of inadequacy because I can’t have any children.
- Angeldom is the absence of character, and the plots of Charlie's Angels capitalise on this very inadequacy.
Synonyms of inadequacy
Antonyms
Forms of inadequacy
| plural | inadequacies |
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Origin of inadequacy
From inadequate + -cy or in- + adequacy.
Questions about inadequacy
- What does inadequacy mean?
- Inadequacy means the state of being inadequate.
- What is inadequacy in Hindi?
- Inadequacy in Hindi is अपर्याप्तता (aparyāptatā). See Inadequacy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inadequacy?
- Inadequacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce inadequacy?
- Inadequacy is pronounced /ɪˈnædɪkwəsi/.
- What is the plural of inadequacy?
- The plural of inadequacy is inadequacies.
Words near inadequacy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inadequacy (page history and authors); inadequacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inadequacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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