deficiency. inadequacy. At an event called Airway, some opened up about the pride and occasional inadequacy they felt in their work.

inadequacy

/ɪnˈadɪkwəsi/

noun

1. the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.

   "the inadequacy of available resources"

   Similar:

   insufficiency

   deficiency

   scantness

   scarcity

   scarceness

   sparseness

   dearth

   paucity

   poverty

   shortage

   want

   lack

   undersupply

   paltriness

   meagreness

   niggardliness

   sketchiness

   incompleteness

   limitedness

   restrictedness

   exiguity

   exiguousness

   incompetence

   incapability

   unfitness

   ineffectiveness

   ineffectuality

   inefficiency

   inefficacy

   inexpertness

   lack of skill

   lack of proficiency

   ineptness

   uselessness

   hopelessness

   impotence

   powerlessness

   amateurishness

   inferiority

   unsatisfactoriness

   substandardness

   shortcoming

   defect

   fault

   failing

   weakness

   weak point

   limitation

   flaw

   imperfection

   Achilles heel

   loophole

   Opposite:

   abundance

   surplus

   competence

   strong point

   • inability to deal with a situation or with life.

     "her feelings of personal inadequacy"

An E.R. Doctor Faced a ‘Bloody, Messy’ Procedure She’d Never Done Before

E.R. doctors want you to know that they are people, too. At an event called Airway, some opened up about the pride and occasional inadequacy they felt in their work.

一位急診室醫生經歷了一場她從未經歷過的「血腥、混亂」的手術

急診室醫生希望你知道，他們也是人。在一場名為「Airway」的活動中，一些醫生敞開心扉，講述了他們在工作中感受到的自豪感，以及偶爾的不足。

deficiency Show phonetics
noun [C or U]n., pl. -cies.
(a) lack of what is needed:
Pregnant women often suffer from iron deficiency.
Deficiencies in the education system have been much in the news.

The quality or condition of being deficient; incompleteness or inadequacy.

1. A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health; an insufficiency: a nutritional deficiency.

color deficiency 色覺缺陷

GERMANS AND HEARING DEFICIENCY

A few days ago, German ear specialists called for the nation to listen well. In fact, they asked Germans to do a hearing test! They warned that an estimated 15 million Germans - that's every fifth adult under 70 and every second older than 70 - are hard of hearing. But not just the elderly are affected! Around 30% of young Germans are believed to have a hearing deficiency.

━━ n. 欠陥 ((in, of)); 欠乏, 不足（分） ((of, in)).政府-抵押等方面之他義

	acquired immune deficiency syndrome（AIDS）	後天免疫不全症候群
	教育學	Mental deficiency	心理缺陷
	社會學	Mental deficiency	智力不足
	土壤學	deficiency symptom	缺肥徵狀
	林學	deficiency of growing stock	積蓄不足
	肥料學	deficiency symptoms	缺肥癥狀

deficiency disease　ビタミン欠乏症. 維他命缺乏症
deficiency payment　（農民に対する政府の）最低保証金.

deficient
adjective
1 lacking:
A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.

2 not good enough:
His theory is deficient in several respects.