inadequacy

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Inadequacy for dealing with private companies is one problem.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Inadequacy of information, not unsatisfactory weather, is often the reason for postponed flights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Whitman in a very interesting article on the "Inadequacy of the Cell-Theory": "That organization precedes cell-formation and regulates it, rather than the reverse, is a conclusion that forces itself upon us from many sides."

From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason

Inadequacy, helplessness, gaucherie, prove that the feelings are bigger than the eloquence.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

Inadequacy, therefore, is not a reason for entirely rejecting an hypothesis or treating it as illegitimate.

From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth