What is another word for insufficient?
416 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪnsəfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪ_n_s_ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
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)
- piddly (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- short-handed (adjective)
- sketchy (adjective)
- slender/slim (adjective)
- small (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- unacceptable (adjective)
- depleted (noun)
- insufficient (noun)
- 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.
- 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)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:
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Equivalence
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
inadequate.
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Adjective
scanty, deficient, inadequate.
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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
insubstantial, ineffective, defective, flawed, substandard, insignificant, underdeveloped, lacking, kefaya, unachieved, faulty, underemployed, unsuitable, Underemployment, necessary, sub-standard, underrepresented, imperfect, undersized, lacks, unable, under-funded, fuller, feeble, proper.
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Proper noun, singular
malfunctions, data, submissions, lack, lacks.
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Noun, plural
constraints, shortfalls, 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
inefficient, scant, scarce, little, inappropriate, ample, satisfactory, few, poor, appropriate.
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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
Antonyms for Insufficient:
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adj.
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all
sufficient.
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deficient
excessive, satisfactory, superfluous.
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futile
fruitful, hopeful, productive, profitable.
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all