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inadequateness
inadequateness
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Definition of INADEQUATENESS
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number <the inadequateness of our emergency food supplies should have been obvious>
Synonyms crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
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