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

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

This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 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

The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026

Any nook and cranny across the building becomes a storage space — the number of issues with the current space at this point is a scroll of inadequacies, many city employees said. — Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026