inadequacy

It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.

Videos that he secretly filmed inside showed how tightly packed everyone was, as well as the inadequacy of the daily rations.

Biden also had a ton of money, and the inadequacy of his campaign operation overwhelmed his financial advantage.

While "DEI hire" ticks these boxes — on the surface discrediting the target's qualifications by claiming a policy privileges their race or gender, while underneath tying that alleged inadequacy to the target's race or gender, if not standing in for a slur — the plausible deniability component of its function is much harder to locate.

She believes those pervasive feelings of inadequacy are fueled by our omnipresent opportunities for comparison.