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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | except for |
| Synonyms: | apart from, aside from, bar, but for, discounting, excepting, excluding, other than, outside of, save for, short of, with the exception of |
| Main Entry: | except |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | other than |
| Synonyms: | apart from, aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, excepting, excluding, exclusive of, exempting, if not, lacking, leaving out, minus, not for, omitting, outside of, rejecting, save, saving, short of, with the exception of, without |
| Notes: | accept is 'take or agree to' and except means 'exclude, leave out' |
| Main Entry: | insufficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not enough; lacking |
| Synonyms: | bereft, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, out of, poor, rare, scant, scarce, short, short of, shy, thin*, too little too late, unample, unfinished, unfitted, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting |
| Antonyms: | adequate, ample, enough, sufficient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minus |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diminished |
| Synonyms: | deficient, less, negative, short of, smaller, subtracting |
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