inadequacy

Example Sentences

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He said in those early years he was often overcompensating for his own feelings of inadequacy as the son of a single mom who struggled to pay the rent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The nine-page text addresses the main flashpoints in Belem: trade measures, demands for greater finance for poorer nations, and the inadequacy of national carbon-cutting pledges.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

Everybody in Cam’s platoon has something to prove or an internalized inadequacy to overcome, which is what drew him to boot camp, too.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025

Promoting RRM may reinforce the sense of shame or inadequacy experienced by women who are unable to conceive.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025

I had come into the prison with such anxiety and fear about his willingness to tolerate my inadequacy.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson