inadequateness

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It is well—as no one would be more likely to contend than myself, who have attempted the task—to demonstrate the contradictions, the superficiality, the inadequateness, of the teaching of Rousseau, Voltaire, or Diderot.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 8: France in the Eighteenth Century by Morley, John

The acquiescence for so many centuries in the power of the great directing organisation of Western Europe, notwithstanding its intellectual inadequateness, was the decisive expression of that rejection.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John

Its imperfection or inadequateness in size and method I knew, but for the writing part of it, I was fully satisfied.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

It would not be difficult to show that their influence was wider than that of the philosopher who discerned the inadequateness of both.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John

The inadequateness of the old symphonic form for translating into music imaginative conceptions arising from poems or pictures, and which necessarily must be presented in a fixed order, lies in its "recapitulation" section.

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James