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Inadequate

//ɪnˈædəkwɪt//

Synonyms for "inadequate" (174 found)

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Informal (24)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(5 words)

weak scrappy ropy sketchy useless

Adj, adv, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(2 words)

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

shabby half-assed

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

miserable slender invertebrate

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Prep_phrase, slang(1 words)

General use (150)

Adjective(60 words)

bad slender careless unsound inappropriate effete patchy futile erroneous faulty hopeless sterile undeveloped spineless ineffectual inaccurate embryonic scanty fatuous unfinished

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Adjective(4 words)

short poor jejune unequal

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb(9 words)

empty invalid infant vain imperfect lacking missing impaired meagre

Adj, noun(18 words)

irregular crude inferior inane barren makeshift immature impotent trivial unequal mediocre deficient incompetent disparate skimpy incomplete incapable maladroit

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, verb(25 words)

unqualified feeble uneven unfit impure meager disproportionate arrested mixed etiolated blemished emasculate damaged straitened underdeveloped adulterated mismatched maladjusted displeasing disheartening

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unadapted skewed unfitted disappointing unequipped

Adj, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, det, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun(1 words)

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

Adj, det(1 words)

Noun, verb(1 words)

Prep_phrase(3 words)

out of proportion in short supply out of the running

Adj, intj, verb(1 words)

Phrase(1 words)

half assed in arrears in arrear not perfect in default not in it not comparable of no force unequal to too little not enough not equal to not up to not good enough

Verb(1 words)

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