名词不充分，不适当; 不完全; [医]官能不足，机能不全; 不十分

1. 不适用：1965 inactive securities 呆滞证券 | 1966 inadequacy 不适用 | 1967 inadmitted asset 不承保资产

2. 不足：inactive tuberculosis 非活动性结核 | inadequacy 不足 | inanition 营养不足

3. 不充分：inadaptable 不能适应的 | inadequacy 不充分 | inadequate 不充分的

4. 不适当：inadaptive phase 不适应阶段 | inadequacy 不适当 | inadequate 不适当的

1. 不足;不完备
The inadequacy of something is the fact that there is not enough of it, or that it is not good enough.

e.g. ...the inadequacy of the water supply...
水供应不足
e.g. The inadequacies of the current system have already been recognised...
人们已经认识到现行体制的不足。

2. 不够格;能力不足;无法胜任
If someone has feelings of inadequacy, they feel that they do not have the qualities and abilities necessary to do something or to cope with life in general.

e.g. The feeling of inadequacy was overpowering.
无法胜任的感觉非常强烈。
e.g. ...his deep-seated sense of inadequacy.
他内心那种根深蒂固的不自信

noun

1. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

Synonym: inadequateness

2. lack of an adequate quantity or number

e.g. the inadequacy of unemployment benefits

Synonym: insufficiencydeficiency

3. a lack of competence

e.g. pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents

Synonym: insufficiency