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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior |
| Synonyms: | bad, base, below average, below par, below standard, cheap, inadequate, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, poor, second-rate, shoddy, subpar, unacceptable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, second-rate |
| Synonyms: | average, bad, base, common, déclassé, fair, good-for-nothing, hack*, imperfect, indifferent, junk*, lemon, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mean, mediocre, middling, ordinary, paltry, poorer, sad, second-class, sorry*, substandard, tawdry, two-bit, worse, wretched |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | low |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reduced; mediocre |
| Synonyms: | cheap, cut, cut-rate, deficient, depleted, economical, inadequate, inexpensive, inferior, insignificant, little, low-grade, marked down, meager, moderate, modest, nominal, paltry, poor, puny, reasonable, scant, second-rate, shoddy, slashed, small, sparse, substandard, trifling, uncostly, worthless |
| Antonyms: | above, elevated, high, increased, prominent |
| Main Entry: | off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior; spoiled |
| Synonyms: | bad, decomposed, disappointing, disheartening, displeasing, low-quality, mortifying, not up to par, not up to snuff, poor, putrid, quiet, rancid, rotten, slack, sour, substandard, turned, unrewarding, unsatisfactory |
| Antonyms: | on |
| 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: | 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
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
| Synonyms: | cheap and dirty, common, commonplace, déclassé, hack*, low-grade, low-quality, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wanting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking, inadequate |
| Synonyms: | absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, burned out, cooked, cut off, defective, deficient, deprived, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half-baked, imperfect, in default, incomplete, inferior, less, minus, missing, needed, not good enough, not up to par, omitted, out of gas, patchy, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, substandard, too little too late, unfulfilled, unsound |
| Antonyms: | adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient |
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