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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | lesser |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, secondary |
| Synonyms: | a notch under, bottom, bush, bush-league, dinky, insignificant, less important, low, lower, minor, minor-league, nether, second-fiddle, second-string, slighter, small, small-fry, small-time, subjacent, subordinate, third-string, undersized |
| Antonyms: | greater, higher, major, superior |
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