Inadequacy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lack of an adequate quantity or number

a lack of competence

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˈædɪkwəsi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnˈadɪkwəsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnˈadɪkwəsi/

5 syllables Say it as /ɪnˈædɪkwəsi/.

Examples

the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

inadequateness insufficiency deficiency

Antonyms

adequacy sufficiency

Parts of Speech

noun	lack of an adequate quantity or number “the inadequacy of unemployment benefits”
noun	a lack of competence “pointed out the insufficiencies in my report”
noun	unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

Word Forms

insufficient	adjective	of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
deficient	adjective	inadequate in amount or degree
inadequate	adjective	not sufficient to meet a need

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Unzulänglichkeit

Mangel an ausreichender Menge oder Anzahl

🇫🇷French

insuffisance

manque d’une quantité ou d’un nombre adéquat

🇪🇸Spanish

insuficiencia

falta de una cantidad o número adecuado

🇮🇹Italian

inadeguatezza

mancanza di una quantità o di un numero adeguato

🇳🇱Dutch

ontoereikendheid

gebrek aan een adequate hoeveelheid of aantal

🇵🇹Portuguese

inadequação

falta de quantidade ou número adequado

🇷🇺Russian

неадекватность

отсутствие достаточного количества или количества

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अनुविता

पर्याप्त मात्रा या संख्या का अभाव

🇧🇩Bengali

অপর্যাপ্ততা

পর্যাপ্ত পরিমাণ বা সংখ্যার অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

போதாமை

போதுமான அளவு அல்லது எண்ணிக்கை இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

అసమర్థత

తగిన పరిమాణం లేదా సంఖ్య లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपुरेपणा

पुरेसे प्रमाण किंवा संख्या नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અયોગ્યતા

પર્યાપ્ત માત્રા અથવા સંખ્યાનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸಮರ್ಪಕತೆ

ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಮಾಣ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അപര്യാപ്തത

മതിയായ അളവിൻ്റെയോ സംഖ്യയുടെയോ അഭാവം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਯੋਗਤਾ

ਲੋੜੀਂਦੀ ਮਾਤਰਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੰਖਿਆ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

ناکافی

مناسب مقدار یا تعداد کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不足

缺乏足够的数量或数量

🇯🇵Japanese

不十分

適切な量または数が不足している

🇰🇷Korean

부적당

적절한 수량이나 수가 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự thiếu sót

thiếu số lượng hoặc số lượng thích hợp

🇹🇭Thai

ความไม่เพียงพอ

ขาดปริมาณหรือจำนวนที่เพียงพอ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekurangan

kurangnya kuantitas atau jumlah yang memadai

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulangan

kakulangan ng sapat na dami o bilang

🇲🇾Malay

ketidakcukupan

kekurangan kuantiti atau bilangan yang mencukupi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم كفاية

عدم وجود الكمية أو العدد المناسب

🇮🇷Persian

ناکافی بودن

عدم وجود مقدار یا تعداد کافی

🇹🇷Turkish

yetersizlik

yeterli miktar veya sayının bulunmaması

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִי כְּשִׁירוּת

היעדר כמות או מספר נאותים

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