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stimulus
Noun
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A stimulus is an event that causes a system to change its output or behavior.
The primary goal of the $31 billion economic stimulus package was to increase job growth.
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A stimulus is something that is noticed by the senses.
The mice responded with fear to the painful stimulus.
inadequacy
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noun
lack of an adequate quantity or number
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
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noun
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate
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noun
(= insufficiency)
a lack of competence
pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents