inadequacy

[ in-ad-i-kwuh-see ]

/ ɪnˈæd ɪ kwə si /

Also in·ad·e·quate·ness

[in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/. the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.

something inadequate; defect: The plan has many inadequacies.

Origin of inadequacy

First recorded in 1780–90; inadequ(ate) + -acy

In short, we found ways to couch messages of failure or inadequacy.

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Ours is the Caiman model, a 6x6 behemoth that weighs in at over 15 tons and makes Humvees shrivel up with feelings of inadequacy.

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What are not rare are feelings of inadequacy and even suicidal despair.

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The inadequacy of equipment and technology offered a comfortable answer.

Rethink Everything You Think You Know About World War II |David Frum |February 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

On the one side, there is envy, shame, inadequacy, longing, deprivation, and a sense of being left out.

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In his ninth symphony he made his only confession of the inadequacy of his instrumental means.

How Music Developed |W. J. Henderson
Inadequacy, helplessness, gaucherie, prove that the feelings are bigger than the eloquence.

The Cup of Fury |Rupert Hughes
But in "Hamlet" the inadequacy of the stage is of another kind.

The Contemporary Review, January 1883 |Various
The 'felicific calculus' is enough to show the inadequacy of his method.

The English Utilitarians, Volume I. |Leslie Stephen
The inadequacy of the teaching, however, was not the primal cause of the characteristic.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic |Sidney L. Gulick