Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being inadequate.

    sense of inadequacy

    He struggled with feelings of inadequacy.

    Unzulänglichkeit

    unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

  2. (countable, uncountable)A shortage of required material.

    Materialmangel

  3. (countable, uncountable)A lack of competence or ability.

    Ungenügen, Unzulänglichkeit

    a lack of competence

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Through this match, I realized my inadequacies.

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  2. He struggles with feelings of inadequacy regarding his penis.

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  3. The inadequacies of the system have been pointed out before.

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  4. I am trying to distance myself from politics and its inadequacies.

    ruЯ стараюсь держаться подальше от политики и её неадекватностей.

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  5. The inadequacies of the system have been pointed out for some time.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state of being inadequate:
shortage of required material:
lack of competence or ability:

Origin

From inadequate + -cy or in- + adequacy.

From inadequate + -cy or in- + adequacy.

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Forms

plural: inadequacies
Singularinadequacy
Pluralinadequacies

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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