Synonyms of inadequacies

inadequacies

noun

plural of inadequacy

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

the inadequacy of our servings was soon apparent, as hungry guests started clamoring for seconds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• deficiencies
• insufficiencies
• deficits
• lacunae
• absences
• scarcities
• failures
• droughts
• poverties
• famines
• omissions
• wants
• undersupplies
• paucities
• dearths
• crunches
• pinches
• necessities
• needs
• privations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adequacies
• amplitudes
• sufficiencies
• abundances
• wealths
• excesses
• plenties
• plenitudes
• surpluses
• opulences
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• surfeits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inadequacies

What readers are saying The comments express concern over the inadequacies of the foster care and mental health systems, particularly in Maryland. — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026

They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Over time, as the human side of the evolving machine-flesh dyad matured, WHEEP-3 shifted its attention to the silicon partner, offering trenchant critiques of the inadequacies of machine learning. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

The Canadian catastrophe highlighted the inadequacies of the current system of supply and the lack of American credit. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Connecting the Orioles’ fielding inadequacies in the majors directly to their lack of attention to defense in the minors would be a stretch; Rutschman, Henderson and Cowser all came up through their system. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 June 2026

Epidemiologists and other medical experts told the AP that the suicides in ICE custody — which previously occurred typically once or not at all each year — were cause for alarm and a sign of inadequacies in care, at a minimum. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026

Skepticism about Shakespeare having actually written the plays attributed to him has persisted for more than a century, originated by lack of documentation and inadequacies in the historical record and perpetuated by cultural fascination. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026