inadequacy
n 1: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: {insufficiency}, {deficiency}]
[ant: {sufficiency}, {sufficiency}]
2: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in
the parents" [syn: {insufficiency}]
3: unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: {inadequateness}]
[ant: {adequacy}]