inadequacy

/ɪnˈædɪkwʌsi/

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Noun
lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Noun
a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
Noun
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate