inadequationn.
/ɪnadɪˈkweɪʃən/ archaic.
Want of equivalence or exact correspondence.
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unevenness1398
disparagec1430
inequality1531
unequality?1541
odds1542
unequalness?1548
unegalness1561
imparity1563
disparity1597
disequality1602
disparison1609
inadequation1631
inequivalence1879
1631 I. Craven Gods Tribunall 29 Man..cannot [know the secrets] of anothers heart; nor those of his owne..but with inadequation to the truth.
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. F2 The difference arising only from the Inadequation of Languages.
1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 645/2 The continual inadequation (to use a logical term) of Greek and modern terms.
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