inadequacy
Example Sentences
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Secondly, the supermarket must pass the "inadequacy" test in which it has to show the number of existing licensed premises in an area is inadequate to meet the needs of the public.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
He said in those early years he was often overcompensating for his own feelings of inadequacy as the son of a single mom who struggled to pay the rent.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
The nine-page text addresses the main flashpoints in Belem: trade measures, demands for greater finance for poorer nations, and the inadequacy of national carbon-cutting pledges.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
Promoting RRM may reinforce the sense of shame or inadequacy experienced by women who are unable to conceive.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025
We lived once again in married student housing, a plywood apartment complex set among pine trees, and the singular topic of conversation among our young neighbors was the inadequacy of these rattletrap tenements.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing inadequacy
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