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Translate inadequacy from English to French

Summary

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inadequacy:
- défectuosité; infirmité; invalidité; imperfection; impotence
Wiktionary:
- inadequacy → inadéquation, insuffisance

English

Detailed Translations for inadequacy from English to French

inadequacy:

inadequacy [the ~] noun

the inadequacy (imperfection; poorness; faultiness; deficiency)
la défectuosité; l'infirmité; l'invalidité; l'imperfection; l'impotence
- défectuosité [la ~] noun
- infirmité [la ~] noun
- invalidité [la ~] noun
- imperfection [la ~] noun
- impotence [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for inadequacy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
défectuosité	deficiency; faultiness; imperfection; inadequacy; poorness
imperfection	deficiency; faultiness; imperfection; inadequacy; poorness	defect; disability; error; fault; flaw; handicap; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; minor flaw; shortcoming
impotence	deficiency; faultiness; imperfection; inadequacy; poorness
infirmité	deficiency; faultiness; imperfection; inadequacy; poorness	crippledness; disability; handicap; impediment; lameness; physical defect
invalidité	deficiency; faultiness; imperfection; inadequacy; poorness	disability; disablement
-	deficiency; inadequateness; insufficiency

Related Words for "inadequacy":

inadequacies, adequacy

Synonyms for "inadequacy":

insufficiency; deficiency; amount
failing; weakness
inadequateness; unsatisfactoriness

Antonyms for "inadequacy":

adequacy; sufficiency

Related Definitions for "inadequacy":

unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate¹
lack of an adequate quantity or number¹
- the inadequacy of unemployment benefits¹
a lack of competence¹
- juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents¹

Wiktionary Translations for inadequacy:

inadequacy

noun

Ce qui n’est pas adéquat, pas adapté au but.
- inadéquation → inadequacy; inadequateness
état de ce qui est insuffisant.
- insuffisance → shortfall; inadequacy; insufficiency; scarcity; absence; lack; shortage; shortcoming; deficiency; defect; flaw; gap; want

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University