What is another word for in adequate?
734 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪn ˈadɪkwət], [ ɪn ˈadɪkwət], [ ɪ_n ˈa_d_ɪ_k_w_ə_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for in adequate:- bad (adjective)
- beggarly (adjective)
- defective (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- dissatisfactory (adjective)
- exiguous (adjective)
- failing (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- inadequate (adjective)
- incapable (adjective)
- incommensurate (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- incomplete (adjective)
- inconsequential (adjective)
- inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- lacking (adjective)
- lame (adjective)
- lean (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- pitiable (adjective)
- pitiful (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- second-rate (adjective)
- short (adjective)
- sketchy (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- sorry (adjective)
- sparse (adjective)
- spineless (adjective)
- substandard (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unprofessional (adjective)
- unqualified (adjective)
- unskilled (adjective)
- unsuitable (adjective)
- waterish (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- bad
- beggarly
- defective
- exiguous
- failing
- faulty
- feeble
- flimsy
- impotent
- inadequate
- incapable
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsequential/inconsiderable
- ineffective
- ineffective/ineffectual
- insufficient
- lacking
- lame
- lean
- light
- low
- pale
- pathetic
- pitiful
- rotten
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- small
- sorry
- sparse
- thin
- unable
- unfit
- unprofessional
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unsuitable
- weak
- woeful
Synonyms for In adequate:
adj.
•bad (adjective)- cheap,
- slipshod,
- off,
- gross,
- incorrect,
- diddly,
- unsatisfactory,
- dissatisfactory,
- unacceptable,
- icky,
- awful,
- careless,
- erroneous,
- amiss,
- blah,
- fallacious,
- downer,
- grungy,
- beastly,
- inadequate,
- inferior,
- junky,
- crummy,
- abominable,
- raunchy,
- not good,
- garbage,
- cheesy,
- synthetic,
- rough,
- substandard,
- bummer,
- godawful,
- crappy,
- cruddy,
- bad news,
- sad,
- defective,
- the pits,
- bottom out,
- atrocious,
- grody,
- stinking,
- dreadful.
- damaged,
- injured,
- blemished,
- unsound,
- out of order,
- wanting,
- unfinished,
- subnormal,
- impaired,
- abnormal,
- unhealthy,
- flawed,
- seconds,
- sick,
- insufficient,
- on the bum.
- depressing,
- distasteful,
- unfulfilling,
- falling short,
- frustrating,
- disconcerting,
- uninteresting,
- discouraging,
- bitter,
- disheartening.
- unsuitable,
- no good,
- unworthy,
- displeasing,
- bad,
- offensive,
- useless,
- mediocre,
- distressing,
- rotten,
- not satisfying,
- unsatisfying,
- not up to par,
- disappointing.
- limited,
- little,
- slender,
- negligible,
- tiny,
- petty,
- slight,
- narrow,
- restricted,
- tenuous,
- paltry,
- confined,
- diminutive.
- defeated,
- unsuccessful,
- Unthriving,
- unprosperous,
- vain,
- faint,
- Unsufficient,
- scant,
- declining,
- unavailing.
- debased,
- blamable,
- leaky,
- inaccurate,
- adulterated,
- inexact,
- malformed,
- distorted,
- frail,
- false,
- tainted,
- cracked,
- malfunctioning,
- broken,
- imprecise,
- fallible,
- marred,
- below par,
- wrong,
- unreliable,
- rank,
- botched,
- invalid,
- unfit,
- warped,
- maimed,
- awry,
- unretentive.
- effete,
- fragile,
- enervated,
- decrepit,
- flabby,
- languid,
- aged,
- enfeebled,
- dopey,
- ailing,
- out of gas,
- powerless,
- emasculated,
- helpless,
- weakly,
- inefficient,
- vitiated,
- sickly,
- zero,
- weakened,
- indecisive,
- ineffectual,
- delicate,
- flat,
- debilitated,
- tame,
- gentle,
- infirm,
- exhausted,
- woozy,
- puny,
- unconvincing,
- Strengthless,
- doddering,
- wimpy,
- sapless,
- chicken,
- etiolated.
- groundless,
- puerile,
- gossamer,
- inconceivable,
- wishful,
- rickety,
- unreasonable,
- unsubstantial,
- unbelievable,
- diaphanous,
- Controvertible,
- sleazy,
- frivolous,
- tacky,
- ungrounded,
- papery,
- rinkydink,
- inane,
- gauzy,
- incredible,
- improbable,
- trivial,
- contemptible,
- chiffon,
- illogical,
- trifling,
- baseless,
- unpersuasive,
- sheer,
- superficial,
- inept,
- shallow,
- wobbly,
- house of cards,
- shaky,
- cut-rate,
- transparent,
- slapdash,
- assailable.
- forceless,
- crippled,
- incapacitated,
- prostrate,
- paper tiger,
- unfruitful,
- gutless,
- ineffective,
- nerveless,
- Infecund,
- dud,
- paralyzed.
- inappreciable,
- meager,
- shy,
- scanty,
- sparse,
- imperfect,
- low,
- scarce,
- impotent,
- sterile,
- incapable,
- glitch,
- unequal,
- incommensurate,
- minus,
- insubstantial,
- depleted,
- poor,
- stunted,
- unqualified,
- incomplete,
- miserly,
- parsimonious,
- deficient,
- lacking,
- bush-league,
- spare,
- incompetent,
- short,
- sketchy,
- bare,
- weak,
- inconsiderable,
- Stinted,
- skimpy,
- dry,
- found wanting,
- junk,
- inapt,
- feeble,
- lemon,
- niggardly,
- small,
- unproductive,
- thin,
- barren,
- failing,
- lousy,
- faulty,
- too little,
- lame,
- not enough.
- ineligible,
- losing,
- disqualified,
- unsuited,
- unable,
- not equal to,
- unskilled,
- unequipped,
- inexpert,
- butterfingers,
- unskillful,
- inexperienced,
- inproficient,
- uncool,
- naive,
- not up to.
- bungling,
- Floundering,
- unproficient,
- unfitted,
- not have it,
- out to lunch,
- awkward,
- amateurish,
- maladroit,
- untrained,
- raw,
- amateur,
- uninitiated,
- Unhandy,
- unadapted,
- not cut out for,
- clumsy.
- fragmentary,
- unconsummated,
- Unaccomplished,
- incoherent,
- half-done,
- fractional,
- unpolished,
- abridged,
- garbled,
- under construction,
- partial,
- rude,
- crude,
- immature,
- Unexecuted,
- part,
- undone,
- expurgated,
- rudimentary,
- undeveloped.
- inconsequent,
- small-time,
- light,
- worthless,
- entry-level,
- casual,
- two-bit,
- insignificant,
- immaterial,
- shoestring,
- measly,
- small potatoes,
- minor,
- dinky,
- runt,
- exiguous,
- unimportant,
- picayune,
- unconsidered.
- feckless,
- neutralized,
- unprofitable,
- idle,
- null and void,
- defeasible,
- spineless,
- abortive,
- fruitless,
- void,
- innocuous,
- inoperative,
- anticlimactic,
- futile,
- withered,
- inefficacious,
- null,
- bootless,
- invertebrate,
- nugatory.
- destitute,
- rare,
- too little too late,
- unample,
- out of,
- devoid,
- short of,
- drained,
- bereft,
- infrequent.
- missing,
- Without,
- not hacking it,
- not making it,
- can't cut it,
- needed,
- coming up short,
- Needing,
- deprived of,
- Sans.
- gaunt,
- svelte,
- skinny,
- stilt,
- scraggy,
- rangy,
- haggard,
- stringy,
- beanpole,
- anorexic,
- stick,
- slim,
- scrawny,
- lank,
- gangly,
- sinewy,
- sylphlike,
- rawboned,
- worn,
- wizened,
- no fat,
- wiry,
- infertile,
- lanky,
- emaciated,
- angular,
- twiggy,
- gangling,
- pitiful,
- wasted,
- bony,
- shadow.
- inconsequential,
- minuscule,
- frugal,
- not many,
- moderate,
- hardly any,
- wee,
- soft,
- mild,
- digestible,
- not much,
- indistinct,
- hardly enough,
- modest,
- minute,
- not rich.
- inexpensive,
- low-grade,
- second-rate,
- slashed,
- economical,
- reasonable,
- nominal,
- shoddy,
- uncostly,
- cut,
- marked down.
- bloodless,
- pallid,
- faded,
- sallow,
- wan,
- washed-out,
- gray,
- blanched,
- lurid,
- livid,
- pasty,
- ghastly,
- dim,
- white,
- deathlike,
- ashy,
- waxen,
- bleached,
- ashen,
- waxlike,
- cadaverous,
- dull,
- doughy,
- whitish,
- anemic,
- spectral,
- colorless.
- melting,
- miserable,
- Commiserable,
- poignant,
- heartbreaking,
- tender,
- plaintive,
- pitiable,
- woeful,
- touching,
- wretched,
- deplorable,
- heartrending,
- piteous,
- lamentable,
- rueful,
- moving,
- sorry.
- cheerless,
- dismal,
- stirring,
- distressed,
- scurvy,
- mean,
- despicable,
- suffering,
- base,
- afflicted,
- sorrowful,
- mournful,
- affecting,
- Arousing,
- abject,
- joyless,
- comfortless,
- compassionate,
- vile,
- pathetic,
- shabby,
- commiserative,
- beggarly,
- grievous,
- tearful.
- disagreeable,
- sour,
- unpleasant,
- unhappy,
- withering,
- unlucky,
- dirty,
- bum,
- filthy,
- scurrilous,
- nasty,
- bruised,
- regrettable,
- unfortunate,
- punk,
- wicked,
- diseased.
- cursory,
- preliminary,
- vague,
- Depthless,
- scrappy,
- introductory,
- uncritical,
- outline,
- coarse,
- perfunctory.
- lower,
- humble,
- young,
- piddling,
- lesser,
- cramped,
- microscopic,
- undersized,
- teensy,
- bantam,
- pocket-sized,
- scrubby,
- miniature,
- set,
- minor-league,
- petite,
- secondary,
- shrimp,
- bitty,
- toy,
- unessential,
- teeny,
- runty,
- baby,
- small-scale,
- pint-sized,
- mini,
- small-fry,
- unpretentious.
- irresolute,
- squeamish,
- frightened,
- Pithless,
- timid,
- faint-hearted,
- yellow,
- weak-kneed,
- spiritless,
- fearful,
- yellow-bellied,
- lily-livered,
- weak-willed,
- vacillating,
- submissive,
- amoebalike.
- out of commission,
- no can do,
- sidelined,
- hog-tied,
- can't hack it,
- not able,
- Impuissant,
- can't make the grade.
- down,
- unbecoming,
- uncongenial,
- out of element,
- inapplicable,
- poorly,
- ill-adapted,
- unlikely,
- unpracticed,
- valueless,
- infelicitous,
- incompatible,
- Butter-fingered,
- out of shape,
- Blundering,
- not fit,
- laid low,
- rocky,
- mistaken,
- dragging,
- ill-equipped,
- inexpedient,
- heavy-handed,
- out of place,
- discordant,
- maladjusted,
- ill-suited,
- inharmonious,
- Unmeet,
- incongruous,
- Unapt,
- bush league,
- inappropriate,
- unprepared,
- improper,
- unpromising.
- bush.
Antonyms for In adequate:
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adj.
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bad
great, pleasing, beneficial, honest, just, Undecayed, upright, profitable, true, right, sophisticated, benevolent, reputable, virtuous, wonderful, superior, good, fortunate, advantageous, happy, ok, lucky, worthy.
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beggarly
luxurious.
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exiguous
plenty.
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failing
thriving, rebounding, healthy.
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flimsy
plausible, serious, convincing, tough, sturdy, thick, substantial, reasonable, heavy.
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impotent
fertile, dexterous, productive, skillful, skilled.
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inadequate
adequate, capable, perfect, complete, sufficient, finished, potent, competent, full, strong, enough, able, abundant.
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incapable
qualified, ready, suitable, experienced.
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incompetent
proficient, useful, adept.
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incomplete
total, whole, accomplished.
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inconsequential/inconsiderable
considerable, important, significant, consequential.
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ineffective
fruitful, successful.
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ineffective/ineffectual
effectual.
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insufficient
satisfactory.
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light
dusky, solemn, black, rough, bold, difficult, grave, brunette, wild, harsh, concentrated, huge, dim, gloomy, large, obscure, darkened, big, weighted, laborious, brave, dark, loud, violent.
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low
excessive, increased, cheerful, high, honorable, wealthy, tall, liberal, rich, outrageous, prominent, decent, moral, unlimited, unreasonable, respectable, enormous, elevated, above, expensive, gay, immense, valuable.
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pale
colored, colorful, glowing, light, clear, flushed, distinct, intelligent, smart, bright, radiant.
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pathetic
joyful, worthwhile, glad.
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rotten
friendly, magnificent, agreeable, Uncorrupt, new, trustworthy, pleasant, kind, clean.
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short
lengthy, courteous, long, unabridged, polite.
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shy
extroverted, confident, unashamed, unshy, unreserved.
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small
giving, wide, major, distinguished, broad-minded, first-rate, unrestricted, fine, famous, generous, untrivial, giant, first-class, considerate.
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sorry
heartened, unsorry, unremorseful.
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unable
talented.
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unfit
proper, willing, appropriate.
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unprofessional
professional.
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unqualified
indefinite, conditional, prepared, tentative, temporary.
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unsuitable
compatible, fitting, harmonious, acceptable.
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woeful
encouraging, comforting, blessed.
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bad