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inadequate - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: inadequate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: defective, insufficient, incompetent
Synonyms: bare, barren, bush-league*, deficient, depleted, dry, failing, faulty, feeble, glitch*, imperfect, impotent, inapt, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insubstantial, junk*, lacking, lame*, lemon*, lousy, low, meager, minus, miserly, parsimonious, poor, scanty, scarce, short, shy*, sketchy*, skimpy*, small, spare, sparse, sterile, stunted*, thin*, unequal, unproductive, unqualified, weak, found wanting, inappreciable, inconsiderable, niggardly, not enough, stinted, too little
Antonyms: able, adequate, competent, enough, sufficient
Main Entry: defective
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: broken, not working
Synonyms: abnormal, amiss, damaged, deficient, faulty, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, out of order, poor, sick, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting, blemished, flawed, on the bum, seconds, subnormal
Notes: defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree
Antonyms: excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken
Main Entry: dissatisfactory
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unsatisfactory
Synonyms: bad, damaged, deficient, disappointing, distressing, inadequate, insufficient, lame, mediocre, offensive, poor, rotten, unacceptable, unsuitable, unworthy, useless, displeasing, junky, no good, not satisfying, not up to par, unsatisfying
Main Entry: exiguous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scanty
Synonyms: bare, confined, diminutive, inadequate, limited, little, meager, narrow, negligible, paltry, petty, poor, restricted, skimpy, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, tenuous, thin, tiny
Antonyms: plenty
Main Entry: failing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not well, weak
Synonyms: defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unsuccessful, vain, wanting, declining, scant, unprosperous, unsufficient, unthriving
Antonyms: healthy, strong, thriving, well, ok, rebounding
Main Entry: faulty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not working; incorrect
Synonyms: adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, deficient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, frail, impaired, imperfect, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufficient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unfit, unreliable, unsound, weak, wrong, blemished, botched, flawed, imprecise, malfunctioning, marred, unretentive, warped
Antonyms: accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working
Main Entry: feeble
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not strong; ineffective
Synonyms: aged, ailing, chicken*, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, doddering, dopey*, effete, enervated, exhausted, failing, faint, flabby*, flat, fragile, frail, gentle, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, infirm, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, languid, low, paltry, poor, powerless, puny, sickly, slight, tame, thin, unconvincing, weak, weakened, woozy*, zero*, emasculated, enfeebled, etiolated, out of gas, sapless, strengthless, vitiated, weakly, wimpy
Antonyms: able, effective, hardy, healthy, hearty, powerful, solid, sound, strong
Main Entry: impotent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disabled; unable to perform action
Synonyms: barren, crippled, dud, effete, enervated, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, infirm, nerveless, paper tiger*, paralyzed, powerless, prostrate, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, weak, enfeebled, forceless, infecund
Antonyms: able, capable, fertile, potent, productive, strong
Main Entry: incapable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not adequate; helpless
Synonyms: butterfingers*, feeble, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, losing, naive, poor, powerless, unable, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, unsuited, weak, disqualified, inproficient, not equal to, not up to, uncool, unequipped
Antonyms: capable, competent, qualified, strong
Main Entry: incompetent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unskillful, unable
Synonyms: amateur, amateurish, awkward, bungling, bush-league*, clumsy, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, raw, unfit, uninitiated, unqualified, unskilled, untrained, useless, disqualified, floundering, not cut out for, not equal to, not have it, out to lunch, unadapted, unequipped, unfitted, unhandy, unproficient
Antonyms: able, adept, capable, competent, dexterous, effective, efficient, experienced, expert, proficient, skillful
Main Entry: incomplete
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfinished, wanting
Synonyms: broken, crude, defective, deficient, fractional, fragmentary, immature, imperfect, inadequate, incoherent, insufficient, lacking, meager, part, partial, rough, rude, rudimentary, short, sketchy, undeveloped, undone, unpolished, abridged, expurgated, garbled, half-done, unaccomplished, unconsummated, under construction, unexecuted
Antonyms: accomplished, complete, finished, perfect
Main Entry: inconsequential/inconsiderable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: of no significance
Synonyms: casual, dinky*, exiguous, immaterial, inadequate, insignificant, insufficient, light, little, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, puny, runt, scanty, skimpy, small, small-time*, trifling, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, worthless, entry-level, inappreciable, inconsequent, shoestring*, small potatoes, unconsidered, wimpy
Antonyms: consequential, considerable, important, significant
Main Entry: ineffective/ineffectual
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: weak, useless
Synonyms: abortive, barren, bootless, feckless, feeble, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, nugatory, null, null and void*, paltry, powerless, spineless, unable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless, anticlimactic, defeasible, forceless, inefficacious, invertebrate, neutralized
Antonyms: competent, effective, effectual, efficient, powerful, strong, useful
Main Entry: insufficient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not enough; lacking
Synonyms: bereft, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, poor, rare, scarce, short, shy, thin*, unfinished, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting, out of, scant, short of, too little too late, unample, unfitted
Antonyms: adequate, ample, enough, sufficient
Main Entry: lacking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wanting, deficient
Synonyms: can't cut it, coming up short, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it, not making it, sans, short, without
Antonyms: abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufficient
Main Entry: lean
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bare, thin
Synonyms: angular, anorexic, barren, beanpole*, bony, emaciated, gangling, gaunt, haggard, inadequate, infertile, lanky, meager, pitiful, poor, rangy, rawboned, scanty, scrawny, shadow*, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stick, stringy, svelte, unfruitful, unproductive, wasted, wiry, wizened, worn, gangly, lank, no fat, scraggy, stilt, sylphlike, twiggy
Antonyms: fat, plump
Main Entry: pale
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: light in color or effect
Synonyms: anemic, ashen, blanched, bloodless, cadaverous, colorless, dim, dull, faded, faint, feeble, ghastly, gray, haggard, inadequate, ineffective, ineffectual, insubstantial, livid, lurid, pallid, pasty, poor, sallow, sick, sickly, spectral, thin, unsubstantial, wan, washed-out, waxen, weak, white, ashy, bleached, deathlike, doughy, waxlike, whitish
Antonyms: bright, colorful, glowing, radiant
Main Entry: pathetic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sad, affecting
Synonyms: deplorable, distressing, feeble, heartbreaking, heartrending*, inadequate, lamentable, meager, melting, miserable, moving, paltry, petty, piteous, pitiful, plaintive, poignant, poor, puny, rueful, sorry*, tender, touching, useless, woeful, worthless, wretched, commiserable, pitiable
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, useful, worthwhile
Main Entry: sketchy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rough, incomplete
Synonyms: coarse, crude, cursory, defective, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, introductory, outline, perfunctory, preliminary, shallow, skimpy, slight, superficial, uncritical, unfinished, vague, depthless, scrappy
Antonyms: complete, detailed, finished, full
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