Difference between Inadequate and Lacking

INADEQUATE vs LACKING: NOUN

Of insufficient quantity to meet a need
Synonyms Incommensurate, incompetent.
Not adequate; not equal to requirement; insufficient to effect the end desired; incomplete; disproportionate; defective.

Inadequacy, Adequate, Unequal to, Short handed, Short staffed, Wanting, Short, Undermanned, Incapable, Incompetent, Poor, Lacking, Understaffed, Deficient, Insufficient

Inexistent, Sans, Poor, Absence, Failing, Flawed, Insufficient, Devoid, Bereft, Wanting, Missing, Absent, Nonexistent, Inadequate, Deficient

Inadequacy, Adequate, Unequal to, Short staffed, Short handed, Wanting, Short, Undermanned, Incapable, Incompetent, Poor, Lacking, Understaffed, Deficient, Insufficient

Inexistent, Sans, Poor, Absence, Failing, Flawed, Insufficient, Devoid, Bereft, Wanting, Missing, Absent, Nonexistent, Inadequate, Deficient

Performance is inadequate, indicates lack of skill, unsafe nursing practice, inadequate depth of knowledge, or application of nursing principles.
Safety audits have shown that many of our cities have inadequate vending spaces, lack of public facilities and inadequate transport.
Substandard assets are generally characterized by current or expected unprofitable operations, inadequate debt service coverage, inadequate liquidity, or marginal capitalization.
Fundamentally, inadequate coverage results in inadequate access and treatment, and Canadians recognize the need to address this.
The audits also showed that inmates had inadequate food, medical care, and in some cases inadequate housing.
We have entered a realm in which conventional wisdom, always inadequate, is dangerously inadequate.
Degradation Analysis is inadequate and results in inadequate consideration of reasonable protection measures.
Inadequate questioning of prospective buyers Inadequate tools and procedures to validate individual?
Inadequate QA staffing can also resultin inadequate quality auditing of the QC.
Poor product delivery, inadequate systems, and inadequate charge.

But what if your Scrum experience is lacking?
However, available data on both groups are lacking.
Intel release lacking support for the Classic environment.
Biggs found the investigative file lacking in information.
Physical accessibility and accommodations tend to be lacking.
Hence, an established, unifying definition is still lacking.
Few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.
If anything is lacking at the outset, every effort will be made to establish what is lacking before trial.
Additionally, failure to pay taxes may result in the company lacking good standing and therefore lacking capacity to sue.
Worn, six bindings lacking paper labels, one lacking paper covering on spine, foxing throughout.