Thesaurus:inadequate

Thesaurus

inadequate

English

Adjective

Sense: not fit for the purpose; somewhat less than is needed

Synonyms

• awanting
• deficient
• dismal
• exiguous
• geason (UK dialect)
• inadequate
• insufficient
• lank (obsolete)
• lean
• meager
• measly
• paltry
• raunchy
• scant
• scantling
• scanty
• scarce
• skimpy
• sleazy
• slender    [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
• spare
• sparse
• threadbare (figurative)
• unsufficient
• wanting
• wanty (UK dialect)

Antonyms

• abundant    [⇒ thesaurus]
• adequate
• enough
• plentiful    [⇒ thesaurus]
• sufficient
• unexiguous

Various

• subminimal

Further reading

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