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

1. noun. The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
2. noun. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

   Synonyms: inadequateness

3. noun. lack of an adequate quantity or number

   "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

   Synonyms: deficiency, insufficiency

4. noun. a lack of competence

   "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"

   "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

   Synonyms: insufficiency

Synonyms

inadequateness, deficiency, insufficiency

Common word forms

inadequacies

Words from these letters

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