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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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Philip Lief Group.
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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.