INAD'EQUACY, noun [from inadequate.] The quality of being unequal or insufficient for a purpose. The inadequacy and consequent inefficacy of the alleged causes-- 1. Inequality. Dr. Price considers this inadequacy of representation as our fundamental grievance. 2. Incompleteness; defectiveness; as the inadequacy of ideas.
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