| 单词 | inadequacy |
| 释义 | inadequacy (once / 4636 pages) n An inadequacy is something that is not enough. If you get a bad grade, it may reveal an inadequacy in your approach to studying. The syllable qua in inadequacy rhymes with duh, and the accent is on the second syllable: "in-AD-uh-quh-see." You know that in- means "not," and the suffix y means "the quality or state of." But what is that middle part? Adaequare is the Latin word for "to make equal." So, inadequacy is the state of not being equal — or enough — for something. WORD FAMILYinadequacy: inadequacies+/adequacy: adequacies, inadequacy/adequate: adequacy, adequately, adequateness, inadequate/inadequate: inadequately, inadequateness USAGE EXAMPLESEfforts to connect the war to fears of masculine inadequacy seem now almost as comical as Bellows’s work is macabre. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) The collapse of Corinthian and the inadequacy of existing borrower defense language led the department to undertake a massive rewrite of the regulations. Slate(Dec 16, 2016) After limited changes to the country’s judiciary were passed by parliament in 2015, the justice minister, Hristo Ivanov, resigned in protest over their inadequacy. Economist(Dec 13, 2016) 1n a lack of competence juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents Syn|Hyper insufficiency failing, weakness a flaw or weak point 2n unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate Syn|Ant|Hyper inadequateness adequacy, adequateness the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" unsatisfactoriness the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable 3n lack of an adequate quantity or number the inadequacy of unemployment benefits Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper deficiency, insufficiency adequacy, sufficiency the quality of being sufficient for the end in view exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness the quality of being meager deficit, shortage, shortfallthe property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required scarceness, scarcitya small and inadequate amount slendernessthe quality of being slight or inadequate waterinessmeagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food) abstemiousnessrestricted to bare necessities oxygen deficittemporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise spareness, sparseness, sparsity, thinnessthe property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness dearth, paucityan insufficient quantity or number infrequency, rareness, raritynoteworthy scarcity amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion |
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