noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
personal
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The search for personal inadequacy and behavioural defects has been the key focus of such research and policy.
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By no means can Ford's failure be wholly attributed to his personal inadequacies .
■ VERB
reveal
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But merely to recite examples of improvised education was to reveal their inadequacy .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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My father teased me mercilessly to compensate for his own feelings of inadequacy .
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Parents were complaining about the school's inadequacies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite its many inadequacies, it gives us some picture of Sussex life as the Normans strengthened their hold.
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Essentially, all these blocks to communication and self-expression are to do with feelings of inadequacy , and poor self-image.
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He projected significant feelings of inadequacy .
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However, allowing credit to turn into debt is still viewed as a result of inadequacy or recklessness on the part of the individual.
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The inadequacy of communications cut Nice off from its hinterland, and condemned the entire county to poverty.
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The inadequacy of funding for child care and health coverage will manifest itself before long.
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The issue is further complicated by the lack of agreement on what constitutes illness and by the inadequacy of data.
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To them, it was a game, and those two had very large feelings of inadequacy .