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| Main Entry: |
below par
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | second-rate in quality |
| Synonyms: | below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off-form, poor, substandard, under the weather, wanting |
| Main Entry: | faulty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; incorrect |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | a wreck, afflicted, ailing, below par, bummed, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug, indisposed, infirm, laid low, off one's feet, on sick list, out of sorts, peaked, poorly, queasy, rotten, run-down, running temperature, sick as a dog, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, woozy |
| Antonyms: | good, healthy, sound, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | imperfect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flawed |
| Synonyms: | amiss, below par, bottom-of-barrel, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, disfigured, dud, faulty, few bugs, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon, limited, low, marred, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, schlocky, sick, sketchy, two-bit, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, warped |
| Antonyms: | excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indisposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, below par, confined, down, down with, feeling rotten, got a bug, ill, infirm, laid up, on sick list, out of action, poorly, sick, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
| Main Entry: | invalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, below par, debilitated, disabled, down, feeble, frail, ill, infirm, laid low, on the sick list, out of action, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, weak |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
| Main Entry: | poor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | base, below par, common, contemptible, crude, diminutive, dwarfed, exiguous, faulty, feeble, humble, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insignificant, insufficient, lacking, low-grade, lowly, meager, mean, mediocre, miserable, modest, niggardly, ordinary, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, plain, reduced, rotten, scanty, second-rate, shabby, shoddy, skimpy, slight, sorry*, sparse, subnormal, subpar, substandard, trifling, trivial, unsatisfactory, valueless, weak, worthless |
| Antonyms: | adequate, sufficient, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poorly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, below par, failing, ill, indisposed, low, mean, out of sorts, rotten*, sick, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rotten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, inferior, bad |
| Synonyms: | amiss, base, below par, bruised, bum*, contemptible, crummy, defective, deplorable, dirty, disagreeable, disappointing, diseased, displeasing, dissatisfactory, filthy, impaired, inadequate, injured, lousy*, low-grade, mean, nasty, poor, punk*, regrettable, rough, scurrilous, shaky, sorry, sour, substandard, unacceptable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, unpleasant, unsatisfactory, unsound, vile, wasted, wicked, withering, wrong |
| Antonyms: | good, kind, nice, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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