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in-AD-ikw-uh-see/ɪnˈædɪkwəsi/

Inadequacy is the state of not being enough, or not being good enough: inadequacy of a sample, a sense of inadequacy. Adequate (already in the dictionary) sits opposite; shortage is of quantity only. A printing delay is ops, not a missing frame.

Meaning

The state of not being enough, or not being good enough.

Examples

• “Inadequacy of the sampling frame is a methods fail, not a printing delay.”
• “Insufficiency is the quantity twin. Shortage is narrower. A printer is ops. A frame is a list. Name the slice; then fix the printer.”

Good to know

Not enough, or not good enough. Opposite: adequate (already in the dictionary). A print delay ≠ a missing frame.

Near in meaning

insufficiency, shortcoming, deficit

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