inadequacy
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Being put on a PIP by someone who used to be your equal probably stirs up feelings of inadequacy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
And it’s all a result of his feelings of inadequacy, a fail-son’s greatest flaw.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Lidl was not able to pass the inadequacy test for a standard off-licence.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff decried the inadequacy of medical care, low staffing and reports of moldy food and foul drinking water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Guilt and feelings of inadequacy could consume him.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
“Marilyn’s reading formed a concerted effort to overcome any inadequacies she perceived in herself,” Crowther writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
But in practice, it has often led to long environmental reports, studies and reviews, that are sometimes followed by lawsuits over possible inadequacies that can require a restart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
Aside from staffing inadequacies, controllers have warned that antiquated technology has made their jobs more challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Which is to say, the kind of people who think it's fun to randomly harass people online to distract themselves from their own inadequacies.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024
Instead, he possessed a mind capable of tinkering with things just enough to make them impossibly confusing and himself so dissatisfied with his own intellectual inadequacies that he would never be happy.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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