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.
  •beggarly (adjective)
  • down-and-out,
  • poverty-stricken,
  • broke.
  •defective (adjective)
  • damaged,
  • injured,
  • blemished,
  • unsound,
  • out of order,
  • wanting,
  • unfinished,
  • subnormal,
  • impaired,
  • abnormal,
  • unhealthy,
  • flawed,
  • seconds,
  • sick,
  • insufficient,
  • on the bum.
  •disappointing (adjective)
  • depressing,
  • distasteful,
  • unfulfilling,
  • falling short,
  • frustrating,
  • disconcerting,
  • uninteresting,
  • discouraging,
  • bitter,
  • disheartening.
  •dissatisfactory (adjective)
  • unsuitable,
  • no good,
  • unworthy,
  • displeasing,
  • bad,
  • offensive,
  • useless,
  • mediocre,
  • distressing,
  • rotten,
  • not satisfying,
  • unsatisfying,
  • not up to par,
  • disappointing.
  •exiguous (adjective)
  • limited,
  • little,
  • slender,
  • negligible,
  • tiny,
  • petty,
  • slight,
  • narrow,
  • restricted,
  • tenuous,
  • paltry,
  • confined,
  • diminutive.
  •failing (adjective)
  • defeated,
  • unsuccessful,
  • Unthriving,
  • unprosperous,
  • vain,
  • faint,
  • Unsufficient,
  • scant,
  • declining,
  • unavailing.
  •faulty (adjective)
  • 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.
  •feeble (adjective)
  • 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.
  •flimsy (adjective)
  • 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.
  •impotent (adjective)
  • forceless,
  • crippled,
  • incapacitated,
  • prostrate,
  • paper tiger,
  • unfruitful,
  • gutless,
  • ineffective,
  • nerveless,
  • Infecund,
  • dud,
  • paralyzed.
  •inadequate (adjective)
  • 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.
  •incapable (adjective)
  • ineligible,
  • losing,
  • disqualified,
  • unsuited,
  • unable,
  • not equal to,
  • unskilled,
  • unequipped,
  • inexpert,
  • butterfingers,
  • unskillful,
  • inexperienced,
  • inproficient,
  • uncool,
  • naive,
  • not up to.
  •incommensurate (adjective)
  • incommensurable,
  • unfair.
  •incompetent (adjective)
  • bungling,
  • Floundering,
  • unproficient,
  • unfitted,
  • not have it,
  • out to lunch,
  • awkward,
  • amateurish,
  • maladroit,
  • untrained,
  • raw,
  • amateur,
  • uninitiated,
  • Unhandy,
  • unadapted,
  • not cut out for,
  • clumsy.
  •incomplete (adjective)
  • fragmentary,
  • unconsummated,
  • Unaccomplished,
  • incoherent,
  • half-done,
  • fractional,
  • unpolished,
  • abridged,
  • garbled,
  • under construction,
  • partial,
  • rude,
  • crude,
  • immature,
  • Unexecuted,
  • part,
  • undone,
  • expurgated,
  • rudimentary,
  • undeveloped.
  •inconsequential (adjective)
  • entry level,
  • no biggie,
  • two bit,
  • big zero.
  •inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
  • inconsequent,
  • small-time,
  • light,
  • worthless,
  • entry-level,
  • casual,
  • two-bit,
  • insignificant,
  • immaterial,
  • shoestring,
  • measly,
  • small potatoes,
  • minor,
  • dinky,
  • runt,
  • exiguous,
  • unimportant,
  • picayune,
  • unconsidered.
  •ineffective (adjective)
  • unavailable,
  • not effective,
  • no go,
  • no way,
  • emasculate,
  • slack-spined.
  •ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
  • feckless,
  • neutralized,
  • unprofitable,
  • idle,
  • null and void,
  • defeasible,
  • spineless,
  • abortive,
  • fruitless,
  • void,
  • innocuous,
  • inoperative,
  • anticlimactic,
  • futile,
  • withered,
  • inefficacious,
  • null,
  • bootless,
  • invertebrate,
  • nugatory.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • destitute,
  • rare,
  • too little too late,
  • unample,
  • out of,
  • devoid,
  • short of,
  • drained,
  • bereft,
  • infrequent.
  •lacking (adjective)
  • missing,
  • Without,
  • not hacking it,
  • not making it,
  • can't cut it,
  • needed,
  • coming up short,
  • Needing,
  • deprived of,
  • Sans.
  •lame (adjective)
  • flimsy,
  • unpleasing,
  • faltering.
  •lean (adjective)
  • 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.
  •light (adjective)
  • inconsequential,
  • minuscule,
  • frugal,
  • not many,
  • moderate,
  • hardly any,
  • wee,
  • soft,
  • mild,
  • digestible,
  • not much,
  • indistinct,
  • hardly enough,
  • modest,
  • minute,
  • not rich.
  •low (adjective)
  • inexpensive,
  • low-grade,
  • second-rate,
  • slashed,
  • economical,
  • reasonable,
  • nominal,
  • shoddy,
  • uncostly,
  • cut,
  • marked down.
  •pale (adjective)
  • 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.
  •pathetic (adjective)
  • melting,
  • miserable,
  • Commiserable,
  • poignant,
  • heartbreaking,
  • tender,
  • plaintive,
  • pitiable,
  • woeful,
  • touching,
  • wretched,
  • deplorable,
  • heartrending,
  • piteous,
  • lamentable,
  • rueful,
  • moving,
  • sorry.
  •pitiable (adjective)
  • ruthful.
  •pitiful (adjective)
  • 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.
  •rotten (adjective)
  • disagreeable,
  • sour,
  • unpleasant,
  • unhappy,
  • withering,
  • unlucky,
  • dirty,
  • bum,
  • filthy,
  • scurrilous,
  • nasty,
  • bruised,
  • regrettable,
  • unfortunate,
  • punk,
  • wicked,
  • diseased.
  •second-rate (adjective)
  • second-class,
  • second-best.
  •short (adjective)
  • tight,
  • low on,
  • short-handed.
  •sketchy (adjective)
  • cursory,
  • preliminary,
  • vague,
  • Depthless,
  • scrappy,
  • introductory,
  • uncritical,
  • outline,
  • coarse,
  • perfunctory.
  •small (adjective)
  • 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.
  •sorry (adjective)
  • scruffy,
  • scummy,
  • Despisable,
  • disgraceful.
  •sparse (adjective)
  • occasional,
  • uncommon,
  • sporadic,
  • scrimpy,
  • dispersed,
  • few and far between.
  •spineless (adjective)
  • irresolute,
  • squeamish,
  • frightened,
  • Pithless,
  • timid,
  • faint-hearted,
  • yellow,
  • weak-kneed,
  • spiritless,
  • fearful,
  • yellow-bellied,
  • lily-livered,
  • weak-willed,
  • vacillating,
  • submissive,
  • amoebalike.
  •substandard (adjective)
  • below standard,
  • subpar,
  • below average.
  •thin (adjective)
  • implausible,
  • vapid,
  • scattered,
  • stretched,
  • thick,
  • diluted,
  • questionable,
  • untenable.
  •unable (adjective)
  • out of commission,
  • no can do,
  • sidelined,
  • hog-tied,
  • can't hack it,
  • not able,
  • Impuissant,
  • can't make the grade.
  •unfit (adjective)
  • 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.
  •unprofessional (adjective)
  • lax,
  • unfitting,
  • unethical,
  • negligent,
  • ignorant,
  • nonexpert.
  •unqualified (adjective)
  • bush.
  •unskilled (adjective)
  • uneducated,
  • unschooled,
  • untalented,
  • green.
  •unsuitable (adjective)
  • dissident,
  • uncalled-for,
  • clashing,
  • disparate,
  • jarring,
  • senseless,
  • disproportionate,
  • inconsistent,
  • undue,
  • Out of keeping,
  • discrepant,
  • dissonant,
  • unseasonable,
  • irrelevant,
  • inadmissible,
  • interfering,
  • unmatched,
  • out of character,
  • inapposite,
  • unseemly,
  • malapropos,
  • unbefitting.
  •waterish (adjective)
  • watery.
  •weak (adjective)
  • hollow,
  • inconclusive,
  • unsure,
  • handicapped.
  •woeful (adjective)
  • catastrophic,
  • cruel,
  • Racked,
  • grieving,
  • anguished,
  • hopeless,
  • gloomy,
  • doleful,
  • tortured,
  • shocking,
  • tragic,
  • agonized,
  • appalling,
  • disconsolate,
  • calamitous,
  • grim,
  • disastrous,
  • heartsick.

Antonyms for In adequate:

• adj.

  • bad
    great, pleasing, beneficial, honest, just, Undecayed, upright, profitable, true, right, sophisticated, benevolent, reputable, virtuous, wonderful, superior, good, fortunate, advantageous, happy, ok, lucky, worthy.
  • beggarly
    luxurious.
  • defective
    excellent, working, flawless, sound, unbroken, ample, faultless, well.
  • exiguous
    plenty.
  • failing
    thriving, rebounding, healthy.
  • faulty
    correct, accurate, fixed, valid, reliable.
  • feeble
    efficient, hardy, solid, unbreakable, hearty, expert, powerful, firm, effective, fit.
  • flimsy
    plausible, serious, convincing, tough, sturdy, thick, substantial, reasonable, heavy.
  • impotent
    fertile, dexterous, productive, skillful, skilled.
  • inadequate
    adequate, capable, perfect, complete, sufficient, finished, potent, competent, full, strong, enough, able, abundant.
  • incapable
    qualified, ready, suitable, experienced.
  • incompetent
    proficient, useful, adept.
  • incomplete
    total, whole, accomplished.
  • inconsequential/inconsiderable
    considerable, important, significant, consequential.
  • ineffective
    fruitful, successful.
  • ineffective/ineffectual
    effectual.
  • insufficient
    satisfactory.
  • lacking
    profuse, Having.
  • lame
    mobile, walking, Uncrippled, agile.
  • lean
    fat, fresh, plump, chubby.
  • 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.
  • low
    excessive, increased, cheerful, high, honorable, wealthy, tall, liberal, rich, outrageous, prominent, decent, moral, unlimited, unreasonable, respectable, enormous, elevated, above, expensive, gay, immense, valuable.
  • pale
    colored, colorful, glowing, light, clear, flushed, distinct, intelligent, smart, bright, radiant.
  • pathetic
    joyful, worthwhile, glad.
  • pitiful
    nice, superb, hopeful.
  • rotten
    friendly, magnificent, agreeable, Uncorrupt, new, trustworthy, pleasant, kind, clean.
  • short
    lengthy, courteous, long, unabridged, polite.
  • shy
    extroverted, confident, unashamed, unshy, unreserved.
  • sketchy
    detailed, thorough, careful.
  • small
    giving, wide, major, distinguished, broad-minded, first-rate, unrestricted, fine, famous, generous, untrivial, giant, first-class, considerate.
  • sorry
    heartened, unsorry, unremorseful.
  • sparse
    lush, plentiful, frequent.
  • thin
    inflated, obese, undiluted, dense.
  • unable
    talented.
  • unfit
    proper, willing, appropriate.
  • unprofessional
    professional.
  • unqualified
    indefinite, conditional, prepared, tentative, temporary.
  • unskilled
    educated, learned.
  • unsuitable
    compatible, fitting, harmonious, acceptable.
  • weak
    noisy, guarded, protected, secure, safe.
  • woeful
    encouraging, comforting, blessed.