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What is another word for not up to scratch?

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Not producing any desired or required effect

Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

Not sufficiently competent, knowledgeable or experienced to do something

Adjective

Not producing any desired or required effect

counterproductive

not good enough

not up to snuff

leaving much to be desired

no great shakes

lacking ability

not equipped to

unequal to the task

out of your depth

not know one's arse from one's elbow

lacking experience

unsophisticated

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Adjective

Inadequate, substandard or, not satisfactory

dissatisfactory

not good enough

no great shakes

leaving a lot to be desired

not up to snuff

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

bargain-basement

a load of pants

leaving much to be desired

of poor quality

cheap and nasty

strictly for the birds

undistinguished

not up to expectations

bottom-of-barrel

end-of-the-pier

not all it's cracked up to be

good-for-nothing

twopenny-halfpenny

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

poverty-stricken

thrown together

down-at-the-heels

unable to do something for toffee

foolish-looking

unsophisticated

scarcely credible

hard to believe

hard to swallow

knocked together

under the weather

beyond contempt

in poor condition

less than ideal

unable to do something to save one's life

beyond the pale

unfavourable^UK

gone to rack and ruin

difficult to believe

pieced together

ill-constructed

unsubstantiated

all the worse for wear

very unpleasant

inconsequential

green about the gills

won't hold water

self-contradictory

run-of-the-mill

middle-of-the-road

down in the mouth

run-of-the-mine

fair-to-middling

down in the dumps

of no consequence

nothing to write home about

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Adjective

Not sufficiently competent, knowledgeable or experienced to do something

not good enough

not up to snuff

lacking ability

inappropriate to

not designed for

not equipped to

not cut out for

leaving much to be desired

not good enough for

unable to do something for toffee

unequal to the task

out of your depth

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not up to snuff

not up to standard

not up to the mark

not up to expectations

not up for negotiation

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