How to Use inadequacy in a Sentence

inadequacy

noun

• That can lead to feelings of inadequacy and not measuring up.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 8 Feb. 2018
• But as Rosenbaum’s book demonstrates, this was by no means an admission of inadequacy.
  — James Ryerson, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2018
• My sense of inadequacy isn’t helped by the fact that my own father was extremely engaged in teaching his children, and the first lot of grandchildren, how to ride a bike.
  — Yotam Ottolenghi, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2017
• Non-support Fans here have seen so many sidekicks fail because of either their resentment of James or their simple inadequacy.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• This would reemphasize Kate’s feelings of inadequacy as compared to her mother, a recurring theme this season.
  — Emma Dibdin, Cosmopolitan, 7 Mar. 2018
• But against Alabama, the Tigers' inadequacies at the game's most important positon have been exposed.
  — Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2018
• But Littman said the stories he's heard about inadequacy in the food quality strikes at the core of the current debate over sheriffs pocketing excess inmate-feeding funds.
  — John Sharp, AL.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• The second follows a backyard neighborhood gathering full of angst, inadequacy and humor as three couples face the apocalypse and its aftermath.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 14 Feb. 2018
• And as the economy grows ever more complex, the inadequacies of the institutions that underpin it, especially the rule of law, will become more glaring.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• That said, the sheer size of the Atlantic Ocean and the inadequacy of the technology of the time stalled the search for the wreck for years.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• One of the biggest knocks on the Seaport is the inadequacy of public transit.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2020
• Back in May 2019, the award-winning artist got real about her feelings of inadequacy and shame over the pair's challenges.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 5 Nov. 2020
• Her journals are filled with comments about the inadequacies of her wardrobe.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• Kerr has been nagged ever since by the inadequacy of science, and of language, to fully capture the mysteries of the mind.
  — Phoebe Zerwick, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• But the anxiety and the feeling of inadequacy were gone.
  — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
• Defined in terms of inadequacy, an accent becomes not a feature of your speech but a flaw.
  — Sheon Han, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2021
• In fact, his solution to Beth's feelings of inadequacy was to hire her for his campaign team.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 28 Nov. 2018
• This is the story Smith wants to tell about his life: that of a fierce drive for success rooted in powerful feelings of inadequacy.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• The government, along with the Olympic committee, has played a role in the inadequacy of SafeSport.
  — Jeré Longman, New York Times, 30 July 2019
• But Trump is wrong to politicize the inadequacy of paper straws as a replacement.
  — Jenni Avins, Quartz, 20 July 2019
• Many are haunted by the fear that this inadequacy is personal and doesn’t affect their peers.
  — Neil Howe, Fortune, 18 July 2023
• The inadequacy of this system is evident from the very nature of the rules established to enforce it.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• Nor did the new signs of success and acceptance ease her feelings of inadequacy.
  — Douglass K. Daniel, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2019
• But Kapai pointed out that the RDO has only been used in court a handful of times as evidence of its inadequacy.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Aug. 2020
• The man who dove in this very weekend, head-first into the deep end that is Arsenal's abyss of defensive inadequacies.
  — SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The study, conducted by Study.com, found that 47% of teachers felt feelings of guilt or inadequacy over not being able to spend more on their students.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• There emerges a unified call for change that highlights the inadequacy of current U.S. policies.
  — Kazem Kazerounian, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
• But it’s all driven by the same fear of their own inadequacies manifesting as fear for their own gender.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2023
• This suggests the dollar size of the issue for Texas but is not an indication of the level of funding inadequacy.
  — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2020
• Widespread flooding, including in the Beijing area, exposed the inadequacy of China’s flood-prevention efforts, with nearly a million people forced to evacuate.
  — Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024