| Main Entry: |
inadequate |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
defective, insufficient, incompetent |
Synonyms: |
bare,
barren, bush-league,
deficient,
depleted,
dry,
failing,
faulty,
feeble, found wanting,
glitch*,
imperfect,
impotent, inappreciable, inapt,
incapable, incommensurate,
incompetent,
incomplete, inconsiderable,
insubstantial,
junk*,
lacking,
lame*, lemon,
lousy,
low,
meager, minus,
miserly, niggardly, not enough,
parsimonious,
poor,
scanty,
scarce,
short,
shy*,
sketchy*, skimpy,
small,
spare,
sparse,
sterile, stinted, stunted,
thin*, too little,
unequal, unproductive, unqualified,
weak
|
Antonyms: |
able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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