Thesaurus:inadequate

Thesaurus:inadequate

THESAURUS

inadequate

English

Synonyms

• awanting

• deficient

• dismal

• exiguous

• geason (UK dialect)

• inadequate

• insufficient

• lank (obsolete)

• lean

• meager

• measly

• paltry

• raunchy

• scant

• scanty

• scarce

• skimpy

• sleazy

• slender    [WS] (figurative)

• spare

• sparse

• unsufficient

• wanting

• wanty (UK dialect)

Antonyms

• abundant    [WS]

• adequate

• enough

• plentiful    [WS]

• sufficient

• unexiguous

Further reading

• “640. insufficiency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “inadequate” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.