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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wanting, deficient |
| Synonyms: | can't cut it, coming up short, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it, not making it, sans, short, without |
| Antonyms: | abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | absent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient in something needed or usual |
| Synonyms: | bare, blank, devoid, empty, hollow, lacking, minus, missing, nonexistent, omitted, unavailable, vacant, vacuous, wanting |
| Antonyms: | sufficient |
| Main Entry: | bankrupt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out |
| Antonyms: | rich, solvent, wealthy |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
| Synonyms: | arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | covered, full |
| Main Entry: | below par |
| 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: | defective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Notes: | defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree |
| Antonyms: | excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Notes: | defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | down and out; wanting |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in need of, indigent, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, without |
| Antonyms: | lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | devoid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty, wanting |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, free from, innocent, lacking, needed, sans, unprovided with, vacant, void, without |
| Notes: | void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away |
| Antonyms: | complete, filled, full |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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