Inadequacy - Definition

n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy,
deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in
the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]
3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn:
inadequacy, inadequateness] [ant: adequacy,
adequateness]