What is the meaning of inadequacy?

noun

  • Lack of an adequate quantity or number.
    • usage: "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
  • A lack of competence.
    • usage: "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
  • Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate.
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