nnoun.attributelack of an adequate quantity or numberSynset:deficiency insufficiency
Examples:- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Antonyms:adequacysufficiency
Derivationally Related Form:insufficientdeficient
Hypernyms:amount
Inherited Hypernyms:insufficiencyamountmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:deficitexiguityleannessmeagernessmeagrenesspoornessscantinessscantnessscarcenessscarcityshortageshortfallslenderness
Full Hyponyms:abstemiousnessdearthdeficitmeagernessoxygen deficitrarityscarcityslendernesssparsenesswateriness
nnoun.statea lack of competenceSynset:insufficiency
Examples:- pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
Hypernyms:failing weakness
Inherited Hypernyms:insufficiencyfailingimperfectionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributeunsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequateSynset:inadequateness
Antonyms:adequacy
Derivationally Related Form:inadequate
Hypernyms:unsatisfactoriness
Inherited Hypernyms:inadequacyunsatisfactorinessqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:jejunenessjejunity