inadequate synonyms

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bare

bald
bareskinned
denuded
disrobed
divested
exposed
in one's birthday suit
naked
nude
peeled
shorn

barren

arid
depleted
desert
desolate
dry
effete
empty
fallow
fruitless
impotent
impoverished

bush-league

minor league
small potatoes

deficient

amiss
bad
damaged
defective
exiguous
faulty
flawed
found wanting
impaired
incomplete
inferior

depleted

all in
bare
bleary
collapsed
decreased
depreciated
destitute
devoid of
drained
effete
emptied

dry

anhydrous
arid
athirst
baked
bald
bare
barren
dehydrated
depleted
desert
desiccant

failing

declining
defeated
deficient
faint
feeble
inadequate
insufficient
scant
scanty
scarce
short

faulty

adulterated
amiss
awry
bad
below par
blamable
blemished
botched
broken
cracked
damaged

feeble

aged
ailing
chicken
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
doddering
dopey
effete
emasculated
enervated

found wanting

amiss
answerable
at fault
blamable
blameful
blameworthy
caught
caught in the act
caught red-handed
censurable
demeritorious

glitch

bug
defect
flaw
hitch
malfunction
misfire
mishap
problem
setback
snafu
snag

imperfect

amiss
below par
bottom-of-barrel
broken
damaged
defective
deficient
disfigured
dud
faulty
few bugs

impotent

barren
crippled
dud
effete
enervated
enfeebled
feeble
forceless
frail
gutless
helpless

inappreciable

ephemeral
evanescent
fine
gradual
impalpable
imponderable
inaudible
inconsiderable
inconspicuous
indiscernible
indistinct

inapt

awkward
banal
clumsy
dull
flat
gauche
ill-adapted
ill-fitted
ill-suited
improper
inadept

incapable

butterfingers
disqualified
feeble
impotent
inadequate
incompetent
ineffective
ineligible
inept
inexperienced
inexpert

incommensurate

disproportionate
inadequate
incommensurable
unequal
unfair

incompetent

amateur
amateurish
awkward
bungling
bush-league
clumsy
disqualified
floundering
helpless
inadequate
incapable

incomplete

abridged
broken
crude
defective
deficient
expurgated
fractional
fragmentary
garbled
half-done
immature

inconsiderable

base
casual
cheap
contemptible
frivolous
inconsequent
inessential
inferior
irrelevant
junior
lesser

insubstantial

aerial
airy
chimerical
decrepit
ephemeral
false
fanciful
feeble
flimsy
fly-by-night
fragile

junk

clutter
collateral
debris
filth
hogwash
litter
miscellany
offal
refuse
rubbish
rubble

lacking

can't cut it
coming up short
defective
deprived of
flawed
impaired
inadequate
incomplete
minus
missing
needed

lame

bruised
deformed
disabled
game
gimp
gimpy
halt
handicapped
hobbling
limping
pained

lemon

failure
flop
junk
piece of junk
reject

lousy

awful
base
contemptible
despicable
dirty
disliked
execrable
faulty
harmful
hateful
horrible

low

below
beneath
bottom
bottommost
crouched
decumbent
deep
depressed
flat
ground-level
inferior

meager

bare
barren
deficient
exiguous
flimsy
inappreciable
inconsiderable
infertile
insubstantial
insufficient
little

minus

deficient
less
negative
short of
smaller
subtracting

miserly

abject
avaricious
beggarly
cheapskate
churlish
close
close-fisted
covetous
grasping
ignoble
illiberal

niggardly

chintzy
closefisted
illiberal
mean
mingy
miserly
narrow
parsimonious
penny-pinching
penurious
skimpy

not enough

amiss
bad
damaged
defective
exiguous
faulty
flawed
found wanting
impaired
incomplete
inferior

parsimonious

avaricious
chintzy
close
frugal
greedy
illiberal
mean
miserly
penurious
prudent
saving

poor

bad off
bankrupt
beggared
beggarly
behind eight ball
broke
destitute
dirt poor
down-and-out
empty-handed
flat

scanty

bare
barely sufficient
close
deficient
exiguous
failing
insufficient
limited
little
meager
minimal

scarce

at a premium
deficient
failing
few
few and far between
in short supply
limited
occasional
rare
scant
scanty

short

abbreviate
abbreviated
aphoristic
bare
boiled down
breviloquent
brief
compendiary
compendious
compressed
concise

shy

afraid
apprehensive
averse
backward
bashful
cautious
chary
circumspect
conscious
coy
demure

sketchy

coarse
crude
cursory
defective
depthless
faulty
imperfect
inadequate
insufficient
introductory
outline

skimpy

deficient
exiguous
failing
insufficient
meager
miserly
niggardly
poor
scant
scanty
scrimp

small

baby
bantam
bitty
cramped
diminutive
humble
immature
inadequate
inconsequential
inconsiderable
insufficient

spare

additional
backup
de trop
emergency
free
in excess
in reserve
in store
lagniappe
leftover
more than enough

sparse

dispersed
exiguous
few and far between
inadequate
infrequent
meager
occasional
poor
rare
scant
scanty

sterile

antiseptic
arid
aseptic
bare
barren
bleak
dead
decontaminated
desert
desolate
disinfected

stunted

bantam
diminutive
dwarf
dwarfed
dwarfish
half-pint
little
measly
mite
peanut
peewee

thin

attenuate
attenuated
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
cadaverous
delicate
emaciated
ethereal
featherweight
fragile

too little

bare
barren
bush-league
deficient
depleted
dry
failing
faulty
feeble
found wanting
glitch

unequal

differing
disparate
dissimilar
distant
divergent
diverse
incommensurate
like night and day
mismatched
not uniform
odd

unproductive

barren
empty
fruitless
futile
ineffective
infertile
pointless
sterile
trivial
unprofitable
useless

unqualified

amateur
bush
bush-league
disqualified
ill-equipped
inadequate
incapable
ineligible
inexperienced
not equal to
not up to

weak

anemic
debilitated
decrepit
delicate
effete
enervated
exhausted
faint
feeble
flaccid
flimsy

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