(n.) The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
(2) Thirty patients required a second operation to an area previously addressed reflecting inadequacies in technique, the unpredictability of bone grafts, and soft-tissue scarring.
(3) The case presentation will also reflect the inadequacy of routine preoperative temporomandibular joint x-ray films to reflect the extent of the lesion.
(4) The principal reason for failure to diagnose malignancy was inadequacy of the material provided for cytological examination.
(5) Staged proximal and distal revascularization may be required in some patients with combined aortoiliac and femoropopliteal disease due to inadequacy of the profunda femoris artery or distal popliteal arterial disease.
(6) These results reemphasize the inadequacy of screening only those patients with traditional risk factors for gestational diabetes and demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a program of universal glucose screening among a large obstetric population.
(7) General practitioners have experienced the inadequacy of the medical model where objectivity is superior, and therefore are developing new medical theories better suited for medical everyday problem solving.
(8) Problems encountered in the European development of laparoscopy included need to modify the optical instruments of the gastroenterologists, inadequacy of illumination, and selection of a usable gas for the pneumoperitoneum.
(9) The urine concentration capacity decreased with age illustrating the inadequacy of using the same "normal" limits at different ages.
(10) The latter difficulty may tentatively be attributed to the inadequacy of the patient's premorbid social network for establishing contextual cues that aid in the recognition of overlearned sentences.
(11) In this context, the present article makes an analysis of the main ethical and legal problems posed by HIV infection, in the framework of Portuguese law, with special focus on: a) Conflict between the necessary protection of public health by the State and the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens; b) Inadequacy of the existent laws to fight contagious diseases to HIV infection; c) Discrimination; d) Testing and compulsory hospitalization versus informed consent; e) Confidentiality; f) Voluntary contagion.
(12) Inadequacies of techniques presently used have been pointed out and the advantages of using Graham-Knoll's method for haemoglobin staining when counter stained with Giemsa together with autoradiography using tritiated thymidine have been demonstrated.
(13) Some of the resulting charges are unexpected and may reflect the inadequacy of the molecular dynamic calculation.
(14) A balloon-shaped lower segment of the uterus and its thinness (less than 3 mm), no continuity in the uterine contour, predominance of elevated echogenicity incorporations in the echostructure of the cicatrix site indicate the inadequacy of the myometrium at the site of the transverse cicatrix in the lower segment of the uterus.
(15) Results revealed that higher burnout scores were significantly correlated with a number of standard and special MMPI scales measuring low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, dysphoria and obsessive worry, passivity, social anxiety, and withdrawal from others.
(16) Three out of four psychiatrists said that the inadequacy of child and adolescent mental health crisis services meant that the young person’s mental state could deteriorate further, while 71% said it resulted in an increased chance of risky behaviour, including impulsive behaviour or aggression to others.
(17) When the human figure drawings were used as a projective tool, four personality traits of some of the children were identified: physical inadequacy, immaturity, body anxiety, and insecurity.
(18) Most pollution of drinking water is caused by inadequacy of the uptake and distribution systems, by insufficient upkeep of the sewage system and by defects or breaks in the disinfection processes.
(19) The recent shift in emphasis toward early surgical closure of extensive deep burns in great part has resulted from appreciation of the inadequacies of currently available topical agents.
(20) Initial assessment results revealed that failure to meet the practice criteria was attributable to inadequacies in the instructions to the evaluator and incomplete documentation by the DIC providers.
Koan
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Not for consideration : Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers) Here's a koan for the basketball fans out there: if it's Cleveland making the selection, are they really that lucky?
(2) It’s the unanswerable question, like a zen koan of sports.
(3) July 17, 2013 Updated at 5.05pm BST 4.44pm BST Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat of Missouri, has a koan-like question for the Fed chair: What would be the consequences of easing quantitative easing prematurely?