All insufficient synonyms
in·suf·fi·cient
I i adj insufficient
- poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- unsatisfactory — not satisfactory; not satisfying or meeting one's demands; inadequate.
- deficient — 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.
- inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- scant — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- incomplete — not complete; lacking some part.
- bereft — If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it.
- defective — If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- devoid — destitute or void (of); free (from)
- drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- failing — 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.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- incapable — not capable.
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- infrequent — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
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- short — having little length; not long.
- shy — bashful; retiring.
- thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- unfinished — not finished; incomplete or unaccomplished.
- unqualified — not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.
- wanting — lacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting.
- short of — having little length; not long.
- unfitted — made so as to follow closely the contours of a form or shape: fitted clothes; fitted sheets.
adjective insufficient
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.