INADEQUATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inadequateness mean? 

• INADEQUATENESS (noun)
  The noun INADEQUATENESS has 1 sense:

1. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

  Familiarity information: INADEQUATENESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INADEQUATENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inadequacy; inadequateness

Hypernyms ("inadequateness" is a kind of...):

unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inadequateness"):

jejuneness; jejunity (quality of inadequate nutritive value)

Derivation:

inadequate (lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task)

inadequate (of insufficient quantity to meet a need)