inadequacy

英[ɪn'ædɪkwəsɪ] 美[ɪn'ædɪkwəsi]

1. lack of an adequate quantity or number;

"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

2. a lack of competence;

"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"

"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

3. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate