75 entries under inadequacy topic. ×
| dereliction(noun, decline, neglect, failure, mess) | |
| destitution(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress) | |
| arrears(noun, failure, loss, obligation) | |
| catch(noun, verb, weakness, crack, fault) | |
| limitation(noun, trouble, difficulty, weakness, bar) | |
| shortness(noun, want, need, loss, reduction) | |
| depletion(noun, defeat, pass, difficulty, distress) | |
| exiguity(noun, pass, difficulty, distress, failure) | |
| glitch(noun, weakness, crack, informal, fault) | |
| inability(noun, weakness, failure, lack, failing) | |
| inaptness(defect, imperfection, limitation, shortage) | |
| incapacity(noun, defect, imperfection, limitation) | |
| incompetency(lack, defect, imperfection, limitation) | |
| inefficacy(defect, imperfection, limitation, shortage) | |
| inefficiency(noun, defect, imperfection, limitation) | |
| ineptitude(noun, defect, imperfection, limitation) | |
| stint(noun, want, need, loss, reduction) | |
| distress(noun, pass, difficulty, failure, want) | |
| exigency(noun, want, need, lack, loss) | |
| in the hole(expression, idiom, loss, required) |
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