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inadequacies

[in-ad-i-kwuh-see]

in·ad·e·qua·cy

[in-ad-i-kwuh-see]
noun, plural -cies for 2.
1.
Also, in·ad·e·quate·ness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] . the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
2.
something inadequate; defect: The plan has many inadequacies.

Origin:
1780–90; inadequ(ate) + -acy
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Inadequacies is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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