Hyphenation of inadequacy

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inadequacy? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

in-ad-e-qua-cy

Definitions of inadequacy:

1.	Lack of an adequate quantity or number The inadequacy of unemployment benefits
2.	A lack of competence Pointed out the insufficiencies in my report Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
3.	Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

Synonyms of inadequacy:

noun	insufficiency, deficiency, amount
noun	insufficiency, failing, weakness
noun	inadequateness, unsatisfactoriness

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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