inadequacy

Being put on a PIP by someone who used to be your equal probably stirs up feelings of inadequacy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Lidl could not pass the inadequacy test for a standard off-licence but was able to pass the test for a pub as two bars close to the supermarket have closed in recent years.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Ms. Majok captures the sardonic tone of the book as it depicts the inadequacy and vagueness endemic to treatment of psychological problems at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Unsurprisingly, the Bazar incurred huge losses—due to “overstaffing, failure of management, inadequacy of working capital, and a lack of competitive approach on the part of the management,” a government report concluded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Slung between the two giants of modern biology, he was inevitably haunted by an acute sense of scientific inadequacy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Marilyn’s reading formed a concerted effort to overcome any inadequacies she perceived in herself,” Crowther writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

States that agreed to it would provide voter lists to the Justice Department, which would then look for any “insufficiencies, inadequacies, deficiencies, anomalies, or concerns.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

“Most of the problems with core statistics result from inadequacies in the way ONS has made decisions, planned and budgeted, and managed risks,” the review concluded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The review said that most of these problems result from "inadequacies" in the way the agency plans and makes decisions.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025

“Except that a robot might fail due to the inherent inadequacies of his brain. The positronic brain has never equalled the complexities of the human brain.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov