short of

Strong matches

• bar
• discounting
• excepting
• excluding

Weak matches

• apart from
• aside from
• but for
• other than
• outside of
• save for
• with the exception of

Strongest matches

• drained
• reduced
• vacant
• weakened

Strong matches

• bare
• collapsed
• decreased
• depreciated
• emptied
• lessened
• sapped
• sold
• spent
• used
• wasted
• worn

Weak matches

• all in
• bleary
• destitute
• devoid of
• effete
• far-gone
• in want
• kaput
• out of
• pooped out
• sold out
• sucked out
• used-up
• washed out
• without resources
• worn-out

Strongest matches

• deficient
• faulty
• inadequate
• incomplete
• meager
• poor
• scant
• scarce
• unsatisfactory

Weak matches

• bereft
• defective
• destitute
• devoid
• drained
• dry
• failing
• imperfect
• incapable
• incommensurate
• incompetent
• infrequent
• minus
• out of
• rare
• short
• shy
• thin
• too little too late
• unample
• unfinished
• unfitted
• unqualified
• wanting

Strong matches

• less
• negative

Weak matches

• deficient
• smaller
• subtracting

Strongest match

• save

Strong matches

• bar
• barring
• excepting
• excluding
• exempting
• lacking
• omitting
• rejecting
• saving

Weak matches

• apart from
• aside from
• besides
• but
• exclusive of
• if not
• leaving out
• minus
• not for
• outside of
• with the exception of
• without