Synonyms for Deficient:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • wanting,
  • deficient,
  • lacking.
  •bad (adjective)
  • poorer,
  • not good,
  • godawful,
  • sad,
  • most inferior,
  • the pits,
  • cruddy,
  • junky,
  • bottom out,
  • grody.
  •defective (adjective)
  • most seconds,
  • out order,
  • on bum,
  • sickest,
  • subnormal,
  • most blemished,
  • more subnormal,
  • sub normal,
  • more flawed,
  • un-sounder,
  • un healthier,
  • most subnormal,
  • un healthy,
  • un-healthy,
  • un sounder,
  • un-soundest,
  • un-healthiest,
  • un soundest,
  • most flawed,
  • un-sound,
  • un sound,
  • un-healthier,
  • on the bum,
  • more blemished,
  • un healthiest,
  • more seconds,
  • sub-normal.
  •destitute (adjective)
  • be-reft,
  • more moneyless,
  • most without,
  • most totaled,
  • more beggared,
  • totaled,
  • most divested,
  • in-solvent,
  • most pinched,
  • more busted,
  • more without,
  • more divested,
  • more pinched,
  • in solvent,
  • on breadline,
  • on rocks,
  • most beggared,
  • penurious,
  • povertystricken,
  • poverty stricken,
  • most moneyless,
  • most busted,
  • more totaled,
  • stripped,
  • be reft.
  •devoid (adjective)
  • in-nocent,
  • de void,
  • more denuded,
  • in nocent,
  • sansest,
  • de-void,
  • sanser,
  • most denuded.
  •diminished (adjective)
  • minus.
  •dissatisfactory (adjective)
  • lame,
  • unsatisfying,
  • no good,
  • not up to par,
  • unsuitable,
  • not satisfying.
  •failing (adjective)
  • fainter,
  • Unsufficient,
  • Unthriving,
  • unprosperous.
  •faulty (adjective)
  • de based,
  • more botched,
  • inexact,
  • in exact,
  • more marred,
  • more malfunctioning,
  • in accurate,
  • in-exact,
  • malformed,
  • in valid,
  • more warped,
  • un reliable,
  • most imprecise,
  • un-retentive,
  • un-fit,
  • most marred,
  • un-reliable,
  • most malfunctioning,
  • lemon,
  • most unretentive,
  • in-valid,
  • more imprecise,
  • more lemon,
  • most botched,
  • un fit,
  • most lemon,
  • warped,
  • in-accurate,
  • de-based,
  • un retentive,
  • most warped,
  • more unretentive.
  •imperfect (adjective)
  • junker,
  • few bugs,
  • bottom-of-barrel,
  • bottom of barrel,
  • spoiled,
  • blemished,
  • two bit,
  • tainted,
  • blotched,
  • second-rate,
  • incomplete.
  •imperfect, inadequate (adjective)
  • infrequent,
  • impaired,
  • meager,
  • second fiddle,
  • marred,
  • amiss,
  • weak,
  • third string,
  • sketchy,
  • injured,
  • damaged,
  • not up to scratch,
  • not make it,
  • unequal,
  • second string,
  • not cut out for,
  • exiguous,
  • outta gas.
  •inadequate (adjective)
  • in aptest,
  • in-apter,
  • more niggardly,
  • in appreciable,
  • in competent,
  • in adequate,
  • un qualified,
  • impotent,
  • in-commensurate,
  • glitcher,
  • un equal,
  • more stinted,
  • un-qualified,
  • in considerable,
  • in-adequate,
  • most niggardly,
  • in-aptest,
  • incapable,
  • inconsiderable,
  • un productive,
  • un-productive,
  • un-equal,
  • in-considerable,
  • bushleague,
  • most stinted,
  • in apter,
  • in substantial,
  • in-appreciable,
  • in commensurate,
  • in capable,
  • in-capable,
  • glitchest,
  • in-competent,
  • in-substantial.
  •incomplete (adjective)
  • missing,
  • patchy,
  • unconsummated,
  • discontinuous,
  • immature,
  • fractional,
  • partial,
  • segmental,
  • unattained,
  • fragmentary,
  • half-done,
  • half done,
  • unachieved,
  • undone,
  • Parter,
  • Unaccomplished,
  • Unexecuted,
  • sectional,
  • embryonic,
  • unfulfilled,
  • Curtailed,
  • under construction.
  •inconclusive (adjective)
  • in-decisive,
  • in-conclusive,
  • un convincing,
  • un decided,
  • most unfateful,
  • in conclusive,
  • un settled,
  • unfateful,
  • un eventful,
  • more unfateful,
  • in decisive,
  • un-eventful,
  • un-decided,
  • un fateful,
  • un-settled,
  • un-convincing,
  • in determinate,
  • un-fateful.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • too little too late,
  • sparse,
  • unfitted,
  • unample,
  • short of,
  • Flyspeck,
  • out of,
  • miserly,
  • stingy.
  •less (adjective)
  • not as great.
  •low (adjective)
  • uncostly,
  • marked down,
  • cut-rate,
  • lower,
  • cut rate.
  •meager (adjective)
  • scrimpier,
  • in fertile,
  • scrimpiest,
  • scrimpest,
  • un-fruitful,
  • in-fertile,
  • un fruitful,
  • skimpest.
  •piddly (adjective)
  • more rinkydink,
  • rinky-dink,
  • most rinky dink,
  • more rinky-dink,
  • rinky dink,
  • more rinky dink,
  • most rinkydink,
  • most rinky-dink.
  •rare (adjective)
  • more unfrequent,
  • un likely,
  • un commonest,
  • sub-tile,
  • most attenuated,
  • un commoner,
  • more recherche,
  • sub tiler,
  • un thinkable,
  • un common,
  • un-usual,
  • most attenuate,
  • un-likely,
  • un likeliest,
  • un usual,
  • un-likelier,
  • few far between,
  • subtiler,
  • rarest,
  • sub tile,
  • subtilest,
  • un-common,
  • sub-tiler,
  • most semioccasional,
  • un likelier,
  • un-wonted,
  • un-imaginable,
  • un frequent,
  • un-frequent,
  • most recherche,
  • un-commoner,
  • more seldom,
  • out the ordinary,
  • out ordinary,
  • un-likeliest,
  • more attenuated,
  • semi occasional,
  • un wonted,
  • in conceivable,
  • out of ordinary,
  • in-conceivable,
  • semi-occasional,
  • more semioccasional,
  • most unfrequent,
  • un imaginable,
  • un-thinkable,
  • most seldom,
  • extra-ordinary,
  • few,
  • more attenuate.
  •rusty (adjective)
  • unpracticed,
  • not what was,
  • un practiced,
  • un-practiced.
  •scant/scanty (adjective)
  • most minimal.
  •scarce (adjective)
  • in short supply,
  • at premium,
  • more truncated,
  • most truncated.
  •second-rate (adjective)
  • more secondbest,
  • second rate,
  • secondrate,
  • most second best,
  • more second-best,
  • most secondrate,
  • secondclass,
  • second-class,
  • most secondbest,
  • most second-best,
  • more second best,
  • secondbest.
  •short (adjective)
  • low on,
  • shortest,
  • shorthanded.
  •slender/slim (adjective)
  • re-mote.
  •standout (adjective)
  • out standing,
  • pre eminent.
  •stupid (adjective)
  • in discreet,
  • illadvised,
  • in-sensate,
  • more loser,
  • in-discreet,
  • dummier,
  • most loser,
  • un-thinking,
  • more thick headed,
  • in sensate,
  • dummiest,
  • out lunch,
  • most thick-headed,
  • more thick-headed,
  • un thinking,
  • most thick headed,
  • half witted,
  • thick headed.
  •thick-witted (adjective)
  • thick witted,
  • thickwitted.
  •unacceptable (adjective)
  • untenable,
  • intolerable,
  • unacceptable,
  • inadmissible,
  • inappropriate.
  •unfinished (adjective)
  • more unconcluded,
  • most unfashioned,
  • un-concluded,
  • more unfashioned,
  • un-fashioned,
  • un-refined,
  • un concluded,
  • more uncompleted,
  • unadorned,
  • un finished,
  • un perfected,
  • in rough,
  • roughhewn,
  • not done,
  • un fashioned,
  • most unassembled,
  • un-perfected,
  • Unfashioned,
  • most roughhewn,
  • most unconcluded,
  • more dabbling,
  • un-assembled,
  • un assembled,
  • un fulfilled,
  • un-fulfilled,
  • most uncompleted,
  • un-adorned,
  • un adorned,
  • in making,
  • most unfulfilled,
  • most dabbling,
  • more roughhewn,
  • more unfulfilled,
  • more unassembled,
  • un-completed,
  • un refined,
  • un completed,
  • un-finished.
  •unintelligent (adjective)
  • un-intelligent,
  • empty headed,
  • un intelligent.
  •unsatisfactory (adjective)
  • for birds,
  • more disconcerting,
  • up setting,
  • up-setting,
  • un welcome,
  • un satisfactory,
  • most disconcerting,
  • more vexing,
  • un-desirable,
  • un-satisfactory,
  • most vexing,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis concerting,
  • un desirable,
  • dis-concerting.
  •up in the air (adjective)
  • inconclusive.
  •wanting (adjective)
  • more away,
  • co oked,
  • co-oked,
  • most away,
  • out gas,
  • most cooked,
  • more cooked.

• n.

  •
  • dire,
  • low-grade,
  • pitiful,
  • terrible,
  • disgraceful,
  • embarrassing.
  •deficient (noun)
  • insufficient,
  • short,
  • substandard,
  • inferior,
  • lean,
  • nonstandard,
  • poor,
  • depleted,
  • light,
  • too little.
  •feeble-minded (noun)
  • Feeble-minded.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • old,
  • deprived,
  • lack,
  • stretched,
  • want for,
  • underresourced,
  • pressed.
  •
  • starved,
  • Challenged.
  •
  • starving,
  • under.
  •
  • odd.
  •
  • miss.
  •sparse
  • thin.

Paraphrases for Deficient:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    insufficient.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    insufficient.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    substandard, impaired, sufficient, handicapped, sub-standard, disabled, inappropriate, non-compliant, bad, scarce, missing, underdeveloped, dysfunctional, loss-making, scant, inaccurate, erroneous, absent, incapable, scanty, wrong.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    shortage, shortfall, failure, paucity, weakness.
  • Verb, past participle
    depleted, deprived, constrained, overstretched, desired, Compromised, impaired, handicapped, disabled.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    defective, flawed, imperfect, inefficient, unsatisfactory, faulty, infirm, retarded, ineffective, lacking, inadequate, incorrect, unsound, patchy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    insufficient, inadequate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deficiency, inadequacy, lack, unsatisfactory, inadequate.
  • Verb, past participle
    flawed.

Antonyms for Deficient:

• adj.

  • imperfect, inadequate
    enough, satisfactory, superfluous, excessive, ample, perfect, sufficient, abundant, flawless, faultless, adequate, strong.
  • Other antonyms:
    expanded, teeming, excellent, exceptional, generous, classical, grand, nifty, mean, classic, large, terrific, standard, minimal, acceptable, uninjured, stellar, better, complete, king-size, fine, prime, luxuriant, super, lavish, plenteous, marvelous, fabulous, boss, unimpaired, sterling, noble, crackerjack, passable, middling, unsurpassed, abounding, completed, superior, dandy, mediocre, superb, jumbo, suitable, borderline, top, intact, substantial, satisfying, fair, overflowing, wonderful, considerable, splendid, liberal, great, sensational, banner, divine, finished, tip-top, first class, premium, tolerable, hefty, average, fancy, special, jim-dandy, heavenly, par excellence, oversize, supernal, integral, superlative, keen, groovy, neat, useful, entire, plentiful, bounteous, unexceptional, largish, sizable, top-notch, rich, A1, worthy, choice, first-rate, unbroken, gratifying, respectable, unmarred, so-so, bountiful, capital, enlarged, swell, slick, full, undamaged, equal, decent, copious, big, whole, high-grade.

Homophones for Deficient:

• debasement, defacement.