n. 25B6; noun
the inadequacy of available resources : INSUFFICIENCY, deficiency, scarcity, scarceness, sparseness, dearth, paucity, shortage, want, lack, undersupply; paltriness, meagreness; formal exiguity.
her feelings of personal inadequacy : INCOMPETENCE, incapability, unfitness, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, inefficacy, inexpertness, ineptness, uselessness, impotence, powerlessness.
the inadequacies of the present system : SHORTCOMING, defect, fault, failing, weakness, weak point, limitation, flaw, imperfection.
abundance, competence.