Associations to the word «Inadequacy»

Wiktionary

INADEQUACY, noun. The state of being inadequate.
INADEQUACY, noun. A shortage of required material.
INADEQUACY, noun. A lack of competence or ability.

Dictionary definition

INADEQUACY, noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".
INADEQUACY, noun. A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents".
INADEQUACY, noun. Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley