synonyms for insufficient
synonyms for insufficient
- deficient
- faulty
- inadequate
- incomplete
- meager
- poor
- scant
- scarce
- unsatisfactory
- bereft
- defective
- destitute
- devoid
- drained
- dry
- failing
- imperfect
- incapable
- incommensurate
- incompetent
- infrequent
- minus
- out of
- rare
- short
- short of
- shy
- thin
- too little too late
- unample
- unfinished
- unfitted
- unqualified
- wanting
On this page you’ll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to insufficient, such as: deficient, faulty, inadequate, incomplete, meager, and poor.
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WORDS RELATED TO INSUFFICIENT
- abnormal
- amiss
- blemished
- damaged
- deficient
- faulty
- flawed
- impaired
- imperfect
- inadequate
- incomplete
- injured
- insufficient
- lacking
- on the bum
- out of order
- poor
- seconds
- sick
- subnormal
- unfinished
- unhealthy
- unsound
- wanting
- amiss
- bad
- damaged
- defective
- exiguous
- faulty
- flawed
- found wanting
- impaired
- incomplete
- inferior
- infrequent
- injured
- insufficient
- lacking
- marred
- meager
- not cut out for
- not enough
- not make it
- not up to scratch
- outta gas
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- second fiddle
- second string
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- third-string
- unassembled
- unequal
- unfinished
- unsatisfactory
- wanting
- weak
- bitter
- depressing
- disagreeable
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- disheartening
- displeasing
- distasteful
- failing
- falling short
- frustrating
- inadequate
- ineffective
- inferior
- insufficient
- lame
- mediocre
- unfulfilling
- unhappy
- uninteresting
- unpleasant
- unsatisfying
- bad
- damaged
- deficient
- disappointing
- displeasing
- distressing
- inadequate
- insufficient
- junky
- lame
- mediocre
- no good
- not satisfying
- not up to par
- offensive
- poor
- rotten
- unacceptable
- unsatisfying
- unsuitable
- unworthy
- useless
- declining
- defeated
- deficient
- faint
- feeble
- inadequate
- insufficient
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- shy
- unavailing
- unprosperous
- unsuccessful
- unsufficient
- unthriving
- vain
- wanting
- adulterated
- amiss
- awry
- bad
- below par
- blamable
- blemished
- botched
- broken
- cracked
- damaged
- debased
- defective
- deficient
- distorted
- erroneous
- fallacious
- fallible
- false
- flawed
- frail
- impaired
- imperfect
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- inadequate
- incomplete
- inexact
- injured
- insufficient
- invalid
- lame
- leaky
- lemon
- maimed
- malformed
- malfunctioning
- marred
- out of order
- rank
- sick
- tainted
- unfit
- unreliable
- unretentive
- unsound
- warped
- weak
- wrong
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What is another word for Insufficient?
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inadequate
lacking, short
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deficient
inadequate, lacking
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short
lacking, amount
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scarce
lacking, short
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poor
property, inadequate
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scant
lacking, short
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incomplete
inadequate, property
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lacking
inadequate, deficient
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wanting
short, big
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unsatisfactory
inadequate, moderate capacity
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scanty
property, amount
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meager
scanty
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low
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shy
amount, big
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imperfect
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sparse
scarce, quantity
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meagre
property, quantity
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defective
imperfect
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skimpy
-
paltry
property
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faulty
imperfect, moderate capacity
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little
few
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thin
quantity, scanty
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weak
ineffective, feeble
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inferior
unsatisfactory
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limited
skimpy, moderate capacity
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unqualified
unfit
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incompetent
unfit
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partial
uncomplete
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incommensurate
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insufficient
Synonyms:
disqualified, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, poor, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, useless, worthlessAntonyms:
able, adapted, adequate, capable, commensurate, competent, equal, fit, fitted, fitting, qualified, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable
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List of paraphrases for «insufficient»:
inadequate, sufficient, inadequacy, insufficiency, deficient, lack, enough, unsatisfactory, adequate, kefaya, shortage, poor, shortfall, weak
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How to use insufficient in a sentence?
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Nicolas Sarkozy:
We must be merciless, the legal quibbling, precautions and pretexts for insufficient action are not acceptable. I demand that the government implement without delay the proposals we presented months ago. There is no more time to be wasted.
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Public Health England:
There is currently insufficient evidence to indicate that any of the variants recently detected in India cause more severe disease or render the vaccines currently deployed any less effective.
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Richard Kozul-Wright:
Inequality, indebtedness, insecurity, (and) insufficient investment have been long-standing problems in the Palestinian occupied territories.
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
The resources to fight are insufficient on the basis of ECOWAS’ own capacities, there is no doubt that we need international assistance.
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Chuck Schumer:
Experts have made clear that Positive Train Control could have prevented the tragedy in Philadelphia, it is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation of PTC, and to deny a connection between the accident and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality.
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circumscribed, confined, cramped, defective, deficient, en.synonym.one, disappointing, discouraging, faulty, feckless, feeble, few, gaunt, hasty, imperfect, impotent, inadequate, inapt, incapable, incompetent, incomplete, ineffective, ineffectual, inferior, insignificant, insubstantial, en.synonym.one, lacking, lank, lean, limited, little, meager, meagre, paltry, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, superficial, thin, trifling, en.synonym.one, unable, unexpected, uninteresting, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak.
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