| Main Entry: | drop in the bucket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount |
Synonyms: |
band-aid, bit, cosmetic measure, disappointment, drop in the ocean, drop in the ocean, lick and a promise, miniscule amount, not enough, pittance, small amount, small change, small change, small potatoes, small potatoes, small quantity, speck, spit in the sea, too little too late, trifle, trivial amount |
| Main Entry: | insubstantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, imaginary |
Synonyms: |
aerial, airy, chimerical, decrepit, ephemeral, false, fanciful, feeble, flimsy, fly-by-night, fragile, frail, idle, illusory, immaterial, imponderable, incorporeal, infirm, intangible, metaphysical, petty, poor, puny, slender, slight, tenuous, thin, too little too late, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial |
Antonyms: |
real, strong, substantial |
| 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, out of, poor, rare, scant, scarce, short, short of, shy, thin*, too little too late, unample, unfinished, unfitted, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting |
Antonyms: |
adequate, ample, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | lack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do not have |
Synonyms: |
be deficient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for, minus, miss, need, not got, out, require, too little too late, want |
Antonyms: |
have |
| Main Entry: | meager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small, inadequate; poor |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, puny, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, spare, sparse, subtle, tenuous, too little too late, unfinished, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting, weak |
Antonyms: |
adequate, large, liberal, plenty, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | piddly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meager, trivial |
Synonyms: |
barren, deficient, diddly, flimsy, inconsiderable, insubstantial, insufficient, little, measly, mere, microscopic, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, puny, rinky-dink, scant, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slight, small, sparse, superficial, too little too late, two-bit, unproductive, worthless |
| Main Entry: | wanting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking, inadequate |
Synonyms: |
absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, burned out, cooked, cut off, defective, deficient, deprived, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half-baked, imperfect, in default, incomplete, inferior, less, minus, missing, needed, not good enough, not up to par, omitted, out of gas, patchy, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, substandard, too little too late, unfulfilled, unsound |
Antonyms: |
adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | scant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meager |
Synonyms: |
bare, barren, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, little, mere, minimum, miserable, paltry, poor, puny, scanty*, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, spare, sparse, stingy, subtle, tenuous, thin, too little too late, unfinished, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting, weak |
| Notes: | scanty means barely adequate or sufficient; scant means less than the correct or full amount; skimpy means containing little excess |