inadequacy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lack of an adequate quantity or number
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Types & categories
- amount hypernym
- leanness hyponym
- deficit hyponym
- scarcity hyponym
- slenderness hyponym
Related & opposite
- adequacy antonym
- deficient derivation
- insufficient derivation
Sense 2 noun
a lack of competence
pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
Types & categories
- failing hypernym
Sense 3 noun
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
Types & categories
- unsatisfactoriness hypernym
Related & opposite
- adequacy antonym
- inadequate derivation
- inadequate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficient |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | insufficient |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | amount |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leanness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deficit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scarcity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slenderness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | failing |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | adequacy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsatisfactoriness |