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Synonyms for inadequacy
noun shortage, defect, inability- 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
Antonyms for inadequacy
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More words related to inadequacy
absence
noun. state of lacking something needed or usual
dearth
noun. insufficiency, scarcity
deficit
noun. shortage of something needed, required
deficits
noun. shortage of something needed, required
disadvantage(s)
noun. difficulty, trouble
- 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
disadvantages
noun. difficulty, trouble
- 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
disproportion
noun. imbalance
failure
noun. lack of success
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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