Synonyms of the word

deficient

• adj. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
• adj. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
• adj. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper…

depleted

• adj. Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of deplete.

inadequate

• adj. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient.
• n. An individual who is inadequate.

inferior

• adj. of lower quality.
• adj. of lower rank.
• adj. located below.
• adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
• adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
• adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
• adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
• n. a person of lower stature to another.

insufficient

• adj. Not sufficient.

lacking

• v. present participle of lack.
• n. The absence of something; a lack.
• adj. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

lean

• v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
• v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
• v. To hang outwards.
• v. To press against.
• n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
• adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
• adj. (of meat) having little fat.
• adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
• adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
• adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed…
• adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean…
• v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or…
• v. To conceal.
• n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community…

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

low

• adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
• adj. Small in height.
• adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
• adj. Depressed, sad.
• adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
• adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
• adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
• adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
• adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
• adj. Being near the equator.
• adj. Humble in character or status.
• adj. Simple in complexity or development.
• adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
• adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
• adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
• adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
• n. Something that is low; a low point.
• n. A depressed mood or situation.
• n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
• n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
• n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
• n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
• adv. Close to the ground.
• adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
• adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
• adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
• adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
• adv. In a time approaching our own.
• adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
• v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
• v. (intransitive) To moo.
• n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
• v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
• n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
• n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

meager

• adj. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
• adj. Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
• adj. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is…
• adj. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
• v. (transitive) To make lean.

meagerly

• adv. In a meager way; poorly; inadequately.

meagre

• n. Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
• adj. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
• adj. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
• adj. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is…
• adj. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
• v. (transitive) To make lean.

nonstandard

• adj. Not standard.
• adj. (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
• n. Something that is not standard.

poor

• adj. With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• adj. Of low quality.
• adj. Used to express pity.
• adj. Deficient in a specified way.
• adj. Inadequate, insufficient.
• adj. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
• n. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

scant

• adj. Very little, very few.
• adj. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
• adj. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
• v. (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
• v. (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
• n. (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
• n. (masonry) A sheet of stone.
• n. (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
• adv. With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

scarce

• adj. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
• adj. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
• adv. (now literary, archaic) Scarcely, only just.

short

• adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
• adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
• adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
• adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of…
• adj. (cricket, Of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
• adj. (cricket, Of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
• adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
• adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread,…
• adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
• adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
• adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
• adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
• adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
• adj. In a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying…
• adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
• adv. Unawares.
• adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
• adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing…
• adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
• n. A short circuit.
• n. A short film.
• n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size.
• n. (baseball) A shortstop.
• n. (finance) A short seller.
• n. (finance) A short sale.
• n. A summary account.
• n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
• n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
• v. (transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
• v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
• v. (transitive) To shortchange.
• v. (transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
• v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for…
• v. (obsolete) To shorten.
• prep. Deficient in.
• prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.

shy

• adj. Easily frightened; timid.
• adj. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
• adj. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
• adj. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
• adj. Embarrassed.
• v. (intransitive) To avoid due to timidness or caution.
• v. (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
• v. (transitive) to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. A place for throwing.
• n. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
• n. In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

skimpy

• adj. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
• n. (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.

stingy

• adj. Stinging; able to sting.
• adj. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
• adj. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

substandard

• adj. Of inferior quality; not meeting the minimum quality requirements.

wanting

• adj. Absent or lacking.
• prep. without.
• v. present participle of want.
• n. The state of wanting something; desire.