Thesaurus / inadequacy
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synonyms for inadequacy
- dearth
- deficiency
- failing
- flaw
- imperfection
- incapacity
- ineffectiveness
- inefficiency
- ineptitude
- insufficiency
- paucity
- shortcoming
- weakness
- blemish
- defalcation
- defectiveness
- deficit
- drawback
- faultiness
- inadequateness
- inaptness
- incompetence
- incompetency
- incompleteness
- ineffectualness
- inefficacy
- lack
- meagerness
- poverty
- scantiness
- unfitness
- unsuitableness
- skimpiness
- underage
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Adults relate to its inadequacy, its marginal existence as a misfit.
THE DEFINITION OF PLANET IS STILL A SORE POINT – ESPECIALLY AMONG PLUTO FANSLISA GROSSMANAUGUST 24, 2021SCIENCE NEWSThe pandemic has spotlighted the inadequacies of the current system.
HOW CHINA’S DIGITAL CURRENCY COULD CHALLENGE THE ALMIGHTY DOLLARCHARLIE CAMPBELLAUGUST 11, 2021TIMEAt least twice during the Obama administration, the Labor Department proposed reforms to Congress to address some of these inadequacies, primarily by boosting information sharing among states and federal agencies.
HOW UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD EXPLODED DURING THE PANDEMICBY CEZARY PODKULJULY 26, 2021PROPUBLICAWhen asked what one can do to let go of past hurts, Brammer answers with a tale of his middle-school years, of bullying, inadequacies, and teen angst, and of coming out, growing up, and not letting someone be defined by the worst of the past.
¡HOLA PAPI! WORKS AS MEMOIR, ADVICE COLUMNTERRI SCHLICHENMEYERJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEAn impossible burden of our digitally intertwined lives is the omnipresent specter of inadequacy, or of seeing someone else’s life and wondering why ours can’t be that cool.
YOU DON’T NEED TO WATCH HIKING VIDEOS TO HIKEGRAYSON HAVER CURRINJUNE 15, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEToday, an estimated 15 percent of couples worldwide are unable to conceive a child naturally, leading to feelings of sorrow, loss and a profound sense of inadequacy for many.
SOLVING MYSTERIES OF REPRODUCTION HELPED MAKE PARENTHOOD POSSIBLE FOR MILLIONSROBIN MARANTZ HENIGJUNE 9, 2021SCIENCE NEWSHer new book, “All the Colors Came Out” is more personal, as Fagan grapples with her own feelings of inadequacy.
KATE FAGAN QUIT HER JOB TO CARE FOR HER DYING FATHER. THE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT UNEXPECTED REWARDS.ADA CALHOUNJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEven this brief connection offers support and solidarity, and it can decrease our sense of self-blame and inadequacy when we hear others’ similar feelings and experiences.
HOW TO COPE WITH PARENT GUILT, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEYONDEMILY EDLYNNFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis feeling of inadequacy meets its match when we foster confidence in our peers’ work and abilities.
10 WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT WOMEN IN SEOABBY REIMERNOVEMBER 24, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LANDThe pandemic has highlighted the inadequacy of our existing tools for coping with these problems.
THE CASE FOR FUNDING PSYCHEDELICS TO TREAT MENTAL HEALTHSIGAL SAMUELOCTOBER 9, 2020VOXWORDS RELATED TO INADEQUACY
- adverse circumstance
- bar
- blocking
- burden
- defect
- deficiency
- deprivation
- detriment
- disability
- discommodity
- drawback
- failing
- fault
- flaw
- fly in the ointment
- hamper
- handicap
- hardship
- hindrance
- impediment
- imperfection
- imposition
- inadequacy
- inconvenience
- inutility
- lack
- liability
- limitation
- minus
- nuisance
- objection
- obstacle
- privation
- problem
- restraint
- snag
- stumbling block
- weak point
- weakness
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