All inadequate synonyms
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I i adj inadequate
- defective β If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- poor β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- unequal β not equal; not of the same quantity, quality, value, rank, ability, etc.: People are unequal in their capacities.
- lacking β being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- meager β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- sketchy β like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- faulty β having faults or defects; imperfect.
- incompetent β not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- incomplete β not complete; lacking some part.
- skimpy β lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- barren β A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- bush-league β inferior or amateurish; mediocre: a bush-league theatrical performance.
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- failing β Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- feeble β physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- glitch β a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- imperfect β not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- impotent β not potent; lacking power or ability.
- inapt β not apt or fitting.
- incapable β not capable.
- incommensurate β not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- insubstantial β not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- junk β narcotics, especially heroin.
- lame β an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
- lemon β the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lousy β infested with lice.
- low β to utter by or as by lowing.
- minus β less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- miserly β of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- parsimonious β characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- scanty β scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- short β having little length; not long.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- small β of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- spare β to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- sparse β thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
adjective inadequate
- insufficient β not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- derisory β If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- laughable β such as to cause laughter; funny; amusing; ludicrous.
- scant β barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- depleted β reduced or exhausted
- ineffective β not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- inefficient β not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- ineffectual β not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- unsatisfactory β not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.