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A lack or shortage (of something)

Physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs

A weakness, shortcoming or failing

The characteristic of being needy

The state of being inferior or mediocre in quality

The state or condition of being implausible or unconvincing

An ambiguity or inadequacy in a set of rules that can be potentially exploited

State of being poorly adapted

A feeling that one is inferior, typically due to low self-esteem

The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement

A very small or inadequate amount of money

The state of being imbalanced or out of proportion

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Noun

A lack or shortage (of something)

inaccessibility

negative amount

falling short in

being able to do with

being deficient in

impecuniousness

extreme poverty

reduced circumstances

straitened circumstances

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“In recognition of its own financial inadequacy, the hospital admitted that a substantial amount of money was needed per annum to cover its deficit.”

Noun

Physical or mental inability to do something or to manage one's affairs

ineffectiveness

substandardness

unsatisfactoriness

ineffectualness

lack of proficiency

disqualification

lack of ability

unproductiveness

disorganization^US

cack-handedness

disorganisation^UK

unsuccessfulness

unserviceableness

unprofitableness

meaninglessness

unprofitability

purposelessness

unsubstantiality

spitting in the wind

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“She came to me and demanded that we fire one of her assistants for gross inadequacy at his job.”

Noun

A weakness, shortcoming or failing

chink in your armour

personal imperfection

inability to hack it

chink in the armor

stumbling block

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

negative aspect

monkey wrench in the works

other side of the coin

mark against one

vulnerable place

millstone round one's neck

psychological baggage

millstone round someone's neck

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“The failure to achieve the desired outcome may have more to do with an inadequacy in the process than in the potential value of the innovation.”

Noun

The characteristic of being needy

impecuniousness

necessitousness

underdevelopment

humble beginnings

hand-to-mouth existence

humble background

humble upbringing

straitened circumstances

reduced circumstances

financial distress

extreme poverty

life on the breadline

primary poverty

narrow circumstances

high credit risk

bad credit rating

low credit score

trials and tribulations

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Noun

The state of being inferior or mediocre in quality

Noun

The state or condition of being implausible or unconvincing

unconvincingness

unjustifiability

questionability

inconceivability

inconceivableness

unsatisfactoriness

insubstantiality

misapprehension

misinterpretation

misconstruction

mistaken belief

faulty reasoning

mistaken impression

unsound argument

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Noun

An ambiguity or inadequacy in a set of rules that can be potentially exploited

Noun

State of being poorly adapted

non-integration

inappropriateness

non-conformation

Noun

A feeling that one is inferior, typically due to low self-esteem

Noun

The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement

flash in the pan

unsuccessfulness

lack of success

disorganization^US

poor performance

disorganisation^UK

pig's breakfast

coming to nothing

falling through

non-performance

impecuniousness

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Noun

A very small or inadequate amount of money

an insufficient amount

next to nothing

small allowance

subsistence wage

a very small amount

nickels and dimes

drop in the bucket

two penn’orth

small amount of money

nickles and dimes

part-time job earnings

two pennies' worth

trifling amount

hardly anything

very small amount

piddling amount

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Noun

The state of being imbalanced or out of proportion

overrepresentation

incompatibility

distinctiveness

incongruousness

lack of congruence

contradistinction

disequilibration

disproportionateness

irreconcilability

lack of harmony

lack of proportion

differentiation

preferentiality

uneven distribution

incommensurateness

lack of balance

lack of relation

lack of similarity

self-contradiction

self-contradictoriness

incomparability

difference of opinion

inharmoniousness

diversification

distinguishment

inappropriateness

amount of difference

substantial difference

sizeable variation

large difference

contradictoriness

strong contrast

parting of the ways

striking difference

striking contrast

lack of concord

lack of agreement

clear disparity

wide area of difference

obvious dissimilarity

misunderstanding

unconventionality

unharmoniousness

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