All inadequacy synonyms

noun inadequacy

• flaw — Also called windflaw. a sudden, usually brief windstorm or gust of wind.
• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
• failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
• imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
• dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
• paucity — smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
• incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
• shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
• ineffectiveness — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
• ineptitude — quality or condition of being inept.
• inefficiency — the quality or condition of being inefficient; lack of efficiency.
• blemish — A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
• unfit — not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• scantiness — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
• drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
• incompetency — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• inefficacy — lack of power or capacity to produce the desired effect.
• meagerness — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
• poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
• incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
• faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
• inapt — not apt or fitting.
• defalcation — the amount embezzled
• incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.
• defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
• shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
• shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• hopelessness — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
• problem — any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
• underage — lacking the required age, especially that of legal maturity.
• skimpily — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.