niedostatecznej

Niedostatecznej is a feminine, singular, inflected form of the Polish adjective niedostateczny, which means insufficient or inadequate. The form occurs in genitive, dative, and locative cases for feminine singular nouns. In practice, niedostatecznej appears most often in phrases describing lack or deficiency of something, for example before feminine nouns such as jakość, ochrona, wiedza, or ilość.

Grammatical overview: Polish adjectives agree with the gender, number, and case of the nouns they modify. The feminine singular genitive, dative, and locative endings of niedostateczny are all -ej, which is why the form niedostatecznej is used in these contexts. For example: niedostatecznej jakości (of insufficient quality), o niedostatecznej ochronie (about insufficient protection), niedostatecznej wiedzy (of insufficient knowledge). The corresponding nominative feminine form is niedostateczna, and the neuter and masculine forms differ (niedostateczne, niedostateczny).

Usage and nuance: niedostatecznej conveys deficiency or inadequacy in a formal or technical register. It is often found in academic, legal, or policy language. A common alternative in everyday speech is niewystarczający (insufficient) or nie wystarczający, depending on syntactic and stylistic needs. The related noun niedostateczność denotes deficiency or insufficiency more abstractly.

Related forms and terms: The adjective has other gender forms (niedostateczny, niedostateczna, niedostateczne) and is linked to the noun niedostateczność meaning deficiency. Its usage reflects standard Polish agreement rules and is typical of descriptions of quality, protection, knowledge, quantities, and similar concepts.