What is another word for insufficient?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪ_n_s_ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]
Related words: insufficient sleep effects, side effects of sleep deprivation, negative effects of sleep deprivation, chronic sleep deprivation, consequences of insufficient sleep, long term effects of inadequate sleep, effects of sleeping too little, sleeping too much, sleeping disorders
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Similar words for insufficient:
- all (adjective)
- defective (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- dissatisfactory (adjective)
- failing (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- few (adjective)
- futile (adjective)
- incapable (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- incomplete (adjective)
- inconsequential (adjective)
- inconsequential/inconsiderable (adjective)
- ineffectual (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- lame (adjective)
- light (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- meager (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- piddly (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- short-handed (adjective)
- sketchy (adjective)
- slender/slim (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- unacceptable (adjective)
- depleted (noun)
- insufficient (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Insufficient:
adj.
• all (adjective) • defective (adjective)- subnormal,
- damaged,
- lacking,
- injured,
- on the bum,
- unsound,
- out of order,
- unhealthy,
- amiss,
- blemished,
- impaired,
- seconds,
- abnormal,
- sick.
- found wanting,
- marred,
- second fiddle,
- weak,
- inferior,
- not make it,
- bad,
- second string,
- imperfect,
- third string,
- exiguous,
- not cut out for,
- not enough,
- inadequate,
- unequal,
- wanting,
- not up to scratch,
- unassembled,
- rarest,
- outta gas.
- junky,
- not satisfying,
- lame,
- unsatisfying,
- not up to par,
- rotten,
- no good,
- unsuitable,
- distressing,
- unacceptable,
- mediocre,
- offensive,
- unworthy,
- useless,
- displeasing.
- defeated,
- vain,
- fainter,
- declining,
- faint,
- unsuccessful,
- Unsufficient,
- Unthriving,
- unprosperous,
- unavailing.
- broken,
- botched,
- frail,
- fallible,
- leaky,
- warped,
- maimed,
- inexact,
- fallacious,
- wrong,
- adulterated,
- erroneous,
- false,
- tainted,
- unreliable,
- debased,
- below par,
- malformed,
- unfit,
- distorted,
- cracked,
- awry,
- lemon,
- rank,
- invalid,
- inaccurate,
- blamable.
- dopey,
- decrepit,
- languid,
- Strengthless,
- insubstantial,
- gentle,
- flabby,
- indecisive,
- infirm,
- tame,
- slight,
- helpless,
- aged,
- inefficient,
- flat,
- debilitated,
- ailing,
- exhausted,
- wimpy,
- woozy,
- paltry,
- out of gas,
- emasculated,
- ineffectual,
- enfeebled,
- enervated,
- weakened,
- etiolated,
- doddering,
- vitiated,
- impotent,
- puny,
- weakly,
- unconvincing,
- sickly,
- in firm,
- effete,
- fragile,
- low,
- powerless,
- delicate,
- sapless.
- minimal,
- widely spaced,
- seldom,
- scarcely any,
- occasional,
- negligible,
- not many,
- few and far between,
- scattered,
- middling,
- spotty,
- piddling,
- slender,
- Unfrequent,
- lean,
- petty,
- scattering,
- stingy,
- trifling,
- semioccasional,
- straggling,
- minority,
- sporadic,
- sparse,
- miserly,
- minor,
- uncommon,
- imperceptible,
- niggardly,
- minute,
- some,
- slim,
- minimum,
- few,
- inconsiderable,
- not too many,
- less,
- scarce.
- idle,
- hollow,
- sterile,
- valueless,
- abortive,
- barren,
- delusive,
- unprofitable,
- fruitless,
- empty,
- unimportant,
- ineffective,
- unproductive,
- bootless,
- unneeded,
- forlorn,
- trivial,
- unreal,
- nugatory,
- worthless,
- profitless,
- impracticable,
- otiose,
- impractical,
- unsubstantial.
- unsuited,
- losing,
- naive,
- unskillful,
- disqualified,
- inexpert,
- unable,
- unskilled,
- butterfingers,
- inept,
- inexperienced,
- ineligible.
- more unadapted,
- un-adapted,
- most unfitted,
- un handiest,
- more unproficient,
- un adapted,
- un fitted,
- un-handiest,
- in competent,
- un-trained,
- in-competent,
- un handy,
- most amateur,
- un trained,
- out lunch,
- most unadapted,
- more floundering,
- bushleague,
- more unfitted,
- unhandiest,
- un proficient,
- un handier,
- un-fitted,
- most floundering,
- unhandier,
- un-proficient,
- most unproficient,
- un initiated,
- un-handier,
- more amateur,
- un-handy,
- un-initiated.
- short,
- discontinuous,
- fragmentary,
- half done,
- Unexecuted,
- embryonic,
- unattained,
- half-done,
- Parter,
- patchy,
- unfinished,
- immature,
- under construction,
- Curtailed,
- segmental,
- unfulfilled,
- incomplete,
- partial,
- sectional,
- unsatisfactory,
- undone,
- fractional,
- unconsummated,
- Unaccomplished,
- missing,
- unachieved.
- entrylevel,
- more entrylevel,
- un considered,
- in significant,
- in-consequent,
- most entry-level,
- in-significant,
- most entry level,
- more entry-level,
- in considerable,
- more entry level,
- in-considerable,
- un-considered,
- more shoestring,
- twobit,
- most shoestring,
- in consequent,
- in appreciable,
- most entrylevel,
- runter,
- in-appreciable,
- runtest.
- infrequent,
- bereft,
- incapable,
- incommensurate,
- unqualified,
- out of,
- short of,
- devoid,
- unample,
- destitute,
- rare,
- drained,
- dry,
- Flyspeck,
- meager,
- minus.
- more unpersuasive,
- more faltering,
- un-persuasive,
- more unpleasing,
- most faltering,
- un-pleasing,
- most unpersuasive,
- most unpleasing,
- un pleasing,
- lamest,
- un persuasive.
- barely sufficient,
- entry-level,
- piddly,
- on a treadmill,
- incompetent,
- deficient,
- no biggie,
- uncool,
- unfitted,
- failing,
- thin,
- not equal to,
- shoestring,
- light,
- dissatisfactory,
- out the window,
- on treadmill,
- Unhandy,
- unpleasing,
- flawed,
- futile,
- in vain,
- skimpy,
- unretentive,
- small,
- not have it,
- no dice,
- no avail,
- unpersuasive,
- scrimper,
- save one's breath,
- shy,
- disappointing,
- Resultless,
- to no effect,
- inconsequential,
- big zero,
- scanty,
- malfunctioning,
- imprecise,
- scant,
- unadapted,
- scrimpy,
- little,
- inproficient,
- small time,
- to no purpose,
- unequipped,
- unproficient,
- feeble,
- too little too late,
- faulty,
- defective,
- rinkydink,
- poor,
- no purpose,
- to no avail,
- not up to,
- skimper,
- sketchy,
- no effect.
- diddlier,
- more rinkydink,
- rinky dink,
- rinky-dink,
- diddliest,
- more rinky-dink,
- most rinky dink,
- most rinky-dink,
- most rinkydink,
- more rinky dink.
n.
• depleted (noun) • insufficient (noun)v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- dearth,
- measly,
- scantily,
- short-handed.
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- bare,
- under,
- unsatisfied.
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- off.
Paraphrases for Insufficient:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
inadequate.
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Adjective
deficient, inadequate, scanty.
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Proper noun, singular
inadequate.
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Noun, singular or mass
deficient, inadequate.
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Verb, past tense
inadequate.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
sufficient.
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Proper noun, singular
sufficient.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
defective, faulty, feeble, flawed, fuller, imperfect, ineffective, insignificant, insubstantial, lacking, necessary, proper, substandard, unable, underdeveloped, underemployed, undersized, unsuitable, Underemployment, lacks, unachieved, underrepresented, sub-standard, under-funded, kefaya.
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Proper noun, singular
data, lack, submissions, lacks, malfunctions.
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Noun, plural
shortfalls, constraints, weaknesses.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
lack.
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Verb, base form
lack.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
inadequate.
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Determiner
inadequate.
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Adjective
ample, appropriate, few, inappropriate, inefficient, little, poor, satisfactory, scant, scarce.
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Proper noun, singular
deficient, inadequacy, poor.
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Noun, singular or mass
inadequacy, poor, underrepresentation.
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Verb, past tense
needed.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
inadequate.
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Verb, base form
inadequate.
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Coordinating conjunction
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