Inadequateness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inadequate \In*ad"e*quate\, a. [Pref. in- not + adequate: cf. F.
     inad['e]quat.]
     Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient;
     deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions,
     representations, etc. --Dryden. -- {In*ad"e*quate*ly}, adv.
     -- {In*ad"e*quate*ness}, n.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inadequateness
       n : unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate [syn: {inadequacy}]
           [ant: {adequacy}]