Dictionary Entry
inadequacy
inadequacy is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness. Face value is 25 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 25 · Words With Friends 27 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
- 2noun
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
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- 3noun
lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
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- 4noun
a lack of competence
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"
"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
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