inadequacy

Being put on a PIP by someone who used to be your equal probably stirs up feelings of inadequacy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

A report released recently by IGNES, a French trade alliance, warns of “a massive inadequacy of housing to cope with high temperatures.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Ms. Majok captures the sardonic tone of the book as it depicts the inadequacy and vagueness endemic to treatment of psychological problems at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

She dissects those feelings of inadequacy with pitch-black humour on In My Room.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

For Galton, the inadequacy may have felt particularly galling because he too had been meant to become a giant.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Tenor Ryan Bryce Johnson displayed comic flair as Neal, who covers his inadequacies with tall tales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Robinson told the hearing he had been concerned one of the suspects in the case may have been wrongfully detained due to "inadequacies in the case" during the arrest.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025

But in practice, it has often led to long environmental reports, studies and reviews, that are sometimes followed by lawsuits over possible inadequacies that can require a restart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

“Most of the problems with core statistics result from inadequacies in the way ONS has made decisions, planned and budgeted, and managed risks,” the review concluded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

I began to see that by my astonishing growth I had made them shrink and emphasized their inadequacies.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes