noun
- A lack of competence.
- usage: "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
- synonyms: inadequacy
- Pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally. (
- Lack of an adequate quantity or number.
- usage: "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- synonyms: inadequacy, deficiency
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