What is another word for in-adequate?
734 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnˈadɪkwət], [ ɪnˈadɪkwət], [ ɪ_n_ˈa_d_ɪ_k_w_ə_t]
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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)
Synonyms for In-adequate:
adj.
• bad (adjective)- cheesy,
- off,
- crummy,
- bummer,
- substandard,
- unacceptable,
- bottom out,
- diddly,
- garbage,
- grody,
- cruddy,
- junky,
- dissatisfactory,
- grungy,
- awful,
- synthetic,
- icky,
- inadequate,
- not good,
- incorrect,
- atrocious,
- amiss,
- gross,
- bad news,
- dreadful,
- inferior,
- raunchy,
- careless,
- stinking,
- erroneous,
- slipshod,
- the pits,
- rough,
- godawful,
- unsatisfactory,
- sad,
- abominable,
- fallacious,
- beastly,
- crappy,
- defective,
- blah,
- downer,
- cheap.
- impaired,
- flawed,
- subnormal,
- unfinished,
- unsound,
- damaged,
- sick,
- seconds,
- wanting,
- on the bum,
- insufficient,
- out of order,
- abnormal,
- blemished,
- unhealthy,
- injured.
- disconcerting,
- frustrating,
- uninteresting,
- depressing,
- unfulfilling,
- distasteful,
- falling short,
- bitter,
- disheartening,
- discouraging.
- distressing,
- bad,
- not up to par,
- unsuitable,
- unsatisfying,
- no good,
- not satisfying,
- displeasing,
- disappointing,
- useless,
- offensive,
- rotten,
- unworthy,
- mediocre.
- little,
- restricted,
- paltry,
- tenuous,
- limited,
- petty,
- confined,
- diminutive,
- slight,
- narrow,
- negligible,
- tiny,
- slender.
- faint,
- vain,
- Unsufficient,
- defeated,
- Unthriving,
- unsuccessful,
- unprosperous,
- declining,
- unavailing,
- scant.
- debased,
- malfunctioning,
- inexact,
- botched,
- distorted,
- invalid,
- fallible,
- malformed,
- cracked,
- tainted,
- blamable,
- unreliable,
- inaccurate,
- unfit,
- awry,
- false,
- rank,
- unretentive,
- leaky,
- imprecise,
- below par,
- maimed,
- wrong,
- adulterated,
- broken,
- marred,
- frail,
- warped.
- fragile,
- helpless,
- unconvincing,
- effete,
- enervated,
- wimpy,
- decrepit,
- flat,
- ineffectual,
- exhausted,
- doddering,
- out of gas,
- enfeebled,
- flabby,
- inefficient,
- delicate,
- emasculated,
- woozy,
- zero,
- vitiated,
- gentle,
- infirm,
- aged,
- puny,
- etiolated,
- languid,
- weakened,
- chicken,
- sapless,
- ailing,
- sickly,
- dopey,
- tame,
- Strengthless,
- powerless,
- weakly,
- debilitated,
- indecisive.
- house of cards,
- gossamer,
- unpersuasive,
- superficial,
- illogical,
- gauzy,
- unbelievable,
- sheer,
- baseless,
- wishful,
- cut-rate,
- inane,
- transparent,
- assailable,
- inept,
- shaky,
- frivolous,
- trifling,
- incredible,
- improbable,
- slapdash,
- trivial,
- rickety,
- inconceivable,
- Controvertible,
- unreasonable,
- ungrounded,
- sleazy,
- wobbly,
- shallow,
- contemptible,
- unsubstantial,
- groundless,
- rinkydink,
- chiffon,
- puerile,
- diaphanous,
- papery,
- tacky.
- nerveless,
- forceless,
- incapacitated,
- ineffective,
- paper tiger,
- crippled,
- prostrate,
- paralyzed,
- Infecund,
- unfruitful,
- dud,
- gutless.
- stunted,
- deficient,
- incompetent,
- inappreciable,
- low,
- scarce,
- failing,
- minus,
- incapable,
- lemon,
- unqualified,
- lousy,
- short,
- unequal,
- poor,
- Stinted,
- sterile,
- barren,
- scanty,
- inconsiderable,
- bare,
- lacking,
- found wanting,
- imperfect,
- spare,
- incommensurate,
- feeble,
- junk,
- shy,
- impotent,
- weak,
- skimpy,
- depleted,
- not enough,
- niggardly,
- meager,
- thin,
- sketchy,
- incomplete,
- unproductive,
- parsimonious,
- miserly,
- lame,
- faulty,
- dry,
- too little,
- inapt,
- bush-league,
- sparse,
- insubstantial,
- glitch,
- small.
- inexpert,
- inexperienced,
- unequipped,
- unskilled,
- unsuited,
- ineligible,
- uncool,
- inproficient,
- not equal to,
- not up to,
- naive,
- unable,
- butterfingers,
- disqualified,
- unskillful,
- losing.
- clumsy,
- bungling,
- awkward,
- maladroit,
- unadapted,
- Floundering,
- untrained,
- not cut out for,
- raw,
- uninitiated,
- amateurish,
- not have it,
- Unhandy,
- out to lunch,
- unfitted,
- amateur,
- unproficient.
- fragmentary,
- immature,
- abridged,
- half-done,
- expurgated,
- garbled,
- part,
- Unexecuted,
- under construction,
- fractional,
- Unaccomplished,
- unpolished,
- unconsummated,
- crude,
- incoherent,
- undeveloped,
- rude,
- undone,
- partial,
- rudimentary.
- inconsequent,
- minor,
- unconsidered,
- runt,
- two-bit,
- insignificant,
- entry-level,
- dinky,
- measly,
- small potatoes,
- shoestring,
- worthless,
- unimportant,
- casual,
- exiguous,
- immaterial,
- picayune,
- light,
- small-time.
- feckless,
- futile,
- abortive,
- null and void,
- bootless,
- fruitless,
- inefficacious,
- withered,
- void,
- defeasible,
- unprofitable,
- spineless,
- neutralized,
- anticlimactic,
- idle,
- nugatory,
- inoperative,
- null,
- innocuous,
- invertebrate.
- devoid,
- out of,
- short of,
- destitute,
- too little too late,
- rare,
- unample,
- bereft,
- infrequent,
- drained.
- needed,
- can't cut it,
- coming up short,
- missing,
- not hacking it,
- Without,
- not making it,
- deprived of,
- Sans,
- Needing.
- svelte,
- stilt,
- pitiful,
- shadow,
- beanpole,
- stick,
- scraggy,
- scrawny,
- skinny,
- sylphlike,
- anorexic,
- no fat,
- lank,
- slim,
- gaunt,
- twiggy,
- gangling,
- wasted,
- sinewy,
- lanky,
- angular,
- worn,
- wiry,
- gangly,
- rawboned,
- stringy,
- emaciated,
- rangy,
- haggard,
- wizened,
- infertile,
- bony.
- mild,
- indistinct,
- soft,
- wee,
- not many,
- inconsequential,
- modest,
- hardly enough,
- hardly any,
- not rich,
- minute,
- moderate,
- digestible,
- frugal,
- not much,
- minuscule.
- inexpensive,
- economical,
- uncostly,
- nominal,
- shoddy,
- slashed,
- second-rate,
- low-grade,
- cut,
- marked down,
- reasonable.
- cadaverous,
- lurid,
- pallid,
- waxen,
- blanched,
- ashen,
- ghastly,
- waxlike,
- sallow,
- bleached,
- pasty,
- doughy,
- dim,
- whitish,
- washed-out,
- spectral,
- anemic,
- bloodless,
- livid,
- colorless,
- wan,
- gray,
- white,
- dull,
- ashy,
- faded,
- deathlike.
- melting,
- tender,
- lamentable,
- deplorable,
- miserable,
- sorry,
- moving,
- poignant,
- piteous,
- heartbreaking,
- rueful,
- wretched,
- plaintive,
- touching,
- woeful,
- pitiable,
- Commiserable,
- heartrending.
- comfortless,
- grievous,
- abject,
- tearful,
- base,
- commiserative,
- vile,
- compassionate,
- despicable,
- scurvy,
- stirring,
- mean,
- afflicted,
- pathetic,
- Arousing,
- mournful,
- shabby,
- joyless,
- beggarly,
- distressed,
- cheerless,
- dismal,
- sorrowful,
- affecting,
- suffering.
- diseased,
- disagreeable,
- dirty,
- filthy,
- punk,
- sour,
- scurrilous,
- wicked,
- nasty,
- regrettable,
- bum,
- withering,
- unfortunate,
- unlucky,
- unhappy,
- bruised,
- unpleasant.
- introductory,
- scrappy,
- uncritical,
- cursory,
- vague,
- preliminary,
- Depthless,
- coarse,
- perfunctory,
- outline.
- scrubby,
- small-scale,
- pint-sized,
- lesser,
- unpretentious,
- bantam,
- small-fry,
- pocket-sized,
- bitty,
- toy,
- secondary,
- piddling,
- lower,
- humble,
- teeny,
- teensy,
- cramped,
- microscopic,
- miniature,
- minor-league,
- young,
- petite,
- set,
- shrimp,
- undersized,
- baby,
- runty,
- mini,
- unessential.
- spiritless,
- lily-livered,
- weak-kneed,
- yellow,
- Pithless,
- irresolute,
- vacillating,
- weak-willed,
- faint-hearted,
- amoebalike,
- submissive,
- timid,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- yellow-bellied,
- squeamish.
- no can do,
- out of commission,
- not able,
- can't hack it,
- hog-tied,
- can't make the grade,
- sidelined,
- Impuissant.
- incompatible,
- uncongenial,
- heavy-handed,
- inharmonious,
- inapplicable,
- discordant,
- valueless,
- Unmeet,
- out of element,
- ill-suited,
- ill-equipped,
- unprepared,
- Butter-fingered,
- unpracticed,
- down,
- out of place,
- maladjusted,
- unbecoming,
- Unapt,
- out of shape,
- unpromising,
- poorly,
- laid low,
- improper,
- bush league,
- rocky,
- dragging,
- unlikely,
- inexpedient,
- mistaken,
- incongruous,
- not fit,
- Blundering,
- inappropriate,
- infelicitous,
- ill-adapted.
- bush.
How to use "In-adequate" in context?
When I was younger, I thought that "adequate" was the best word to describe what I wanted in life. I think most people do this to some extent - we want things to be "good" or "perfect" but the reality is that many situations and things just aren't adequate. This was especially true for me when it came to my weight. Quite frankly, I was unrealistic about what I could/should weigh and didn't think that I needed to change anything about my diet or exercise habits. Fast forward a few years and I'm a bit more realistic about my weight and body.
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