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What is another word for
defective
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Faulty, not working or functioning as expected
Physically broken or damaged
Generally low in quality or standard
Lacking or deficient in some element or quality
Unsuitable for a given purpose
Having faults or errors
Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts
Unable to be supported or justified
Rickety in structure and easily damaged
Rudimentary or crude in form, not thorough or complete
Having no use, purpose or reason
Not performing its proper or intended function
Physically ill or weakened
Mentally deficient or underdeveloped
Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment
Physically disabled, typically unable to walk properly
Depraved or perverse in nature
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Adjective
▲
Faulty, not working or functioning as expected
faulty
malfunctioning
inoperative
unsound
knackered
flawed
imperfect
duff
impaired
bad
weak
buggy
shoddy
amiss
unhealthy
unreliable
not working
not functioning
out of order
non-functioning
on the blink
on the bum
gone wrong
broken
kaput
busted
down
damaged
broken-down
out of commission
bust
conked out
in disrepair
not in working order
acting up
inoperable
gone phut
on the fritz
wonky
gone haywire
shot
out of kilter
done for
unusable
out of whack
nonfunctional
playing up
dud
unserviceable
non-functional
out of service
on its last legs
out of action
gone kaput
finished
ruined
broken down
useless
out
disabled
inactive
kaputt
out of use
jiggered
nonfunctioning
nonoperating
haywire
screwed up
messed up
up the spout
ineffective
marred
wrecked
gone
conked-out
worn-out
run-down
beat-up
in poor condition
had it
in need of repair
unavailable
unfunctional
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
unavailing
unproductive
dysfunctional
scrap
bootless
abortive
spent
incapacitated
bonkers
kerflooey
dead
blemished
sunk
doesn't work
jacked up
fallen apart
gone to pieces
in the shop
on the shelf
in a state of disrepair
worn out
given up the ghost
gone bust
stopped working
packed up
done
worthless
inoperational
failed
valueless
dilapidated
doomed
unoperational
off
crashed
non-operational
wracked
not functional
no good
clapped out
sick
lemon
maimed
exhausted
unsatisfactory
feeble
done in
not in service
not in operation
not in use
unavailable for use
coming unglued
coming unstuck
dented
gone to pot
smashed
scratched
injured
hurt
bent
flubbed
dinged
totaled
snafued
in smithereens
no-go
loused up
fouled up
mucked up
wounded
glitched
unworkable
ineffectual
nonactive
inefficacious
hors de combat
more ❯
“Vehicles with worn or
defective
shock absorbers are less stable and more liable to go out of control.”
Adjective
▲
Physically broken or damaged
damaged
battered
broken
deformed
deteriorated
buckled
crumbling
dilapidated
ramshackle
cracked
tumbledown
warped
abnormal
injured
torn
decayed
in disrepair
badly maintained
beat-up
broken-down
falling to pieces
gone to rack and ruin
in a state of disrepair
poorly maintained
run down
worn out
worse for wear
unsound
faulty
ill-maintained
decrepit
neglected
derelict
decaying
in ruins
ruined
shabby
falling apart
rickety
seedy
run-down
rundown
shacky
ruinous
uncared-for
rumpty
threadbare
shambly
bedraggled
disintegrating
tatterdemalion
deteriorating
unmaintained
gone to seed
on its last legs
dingy
tacky
untended
shaky
creaky
creaking
worn-out
tumble-down
slummy
crummy
dumpy
mangy
mean
tatty
old
impaired
marred
unkempt
ratty
miserable
timeworn
scruffy
grungy
faded
moth-eaten
down-at-heel
tottering
scrubby
dog-eared
broken down
weather-beaten
down-at-the-heels
sleazy
bombed-out
squalid
withering
grotty
in poor condition
worn
insalubrious
condemned
fragile
flimsy
depressed
tired
down at heel
used
antiquated
insubstantial
superannuated
quavering
shaking
haggard
munted
fordone
irreparable
blasted
irremediable
shot
botched
spoilt
UK
mutilated
spoiled
US
harmed
withered
wrecked
tattered
uncared
destroyed
crumbly
raunchy
beat up
the worse for wear
uncared for
unimproved
beaten up
beat
seen better days
used-up
fallen in
in a bad way
fallen-in
rinky-dink
more ❯
“The horse escaped from its stable during the night into the field and thence onto the railway line via a
defective
fence.”
Adjective
▲
Generally low in quality or standard
substandard
bad
deficient
poor
faulty
imperfect
inferior
mediocre
abject
appalling
abysmal
atrocious
awful
terrible
dismal
dreadful
unsatisfactory
low-grade
second-rate
third-rate
jerry-built
shoddy
crude
tinny
trashy
rubbishy
miserable
wretched
disappointing
lamentable
deplorable
pitiful
inadequate
insufficient
unacceptable
execrable
frightful
crummy
dire
bum
diabolical
rotten
sad
tatty
tenth-rate
ropy
duff
rubbish
pants
feeble
shabby
weak
worthless
grotty
crumby
dissatisfactory
lame
lousy
craptacular
gimcrack
junky
schlock
schlocky
less-than-stellar
under par
below average
below par
below standard
not up to scratch
not up to standard
pathetic
subpar
suboptimal
cheap
wanting
paltry
punk
useless
wack
wrong
hopeless
bush
off
bush-league
not up to par
not up to snuff
low-rent
cheapjack
amateurish
low-quality
trumpery
laughable
sour
ill
common
a load of pants
sorry
lacking
sleazy
coarse
cheesy
woeful
incompetent
unsound
bargain-basement
cut-rate
el cheapo
second-class
poor-quality
disgraceful
abominable
not much cop
egregious
horrible
direful
unsuitable
unworthy
low
no good
ineffectual
inexpert
meager
US
base
tacky
nasty
poxy
piddling
junk
meagre
UK
unimpressive
subnormal
lemon
displeasing
chronic
God-awful
distressing
damaged
from hunger
two-bit
second rate
not good enough
cheap and nasty
no great shakes
leaving much to be desired
disagreeable
inefficient
careless
negligent
tawdry
contemptible
ineffective
impotent
intolerable
inadmissible
inept
unskilful
pits
cruddy
weak sauce
trifling
regrettable
unsatisfying
stinking
grim
amiss
minimal
bodger
poor quality
sucky
insignificant
half-baked
impaired
low quality
half-pie
no-good
valueless
uncomfortable
unpleasant
hateful
broken
middling
reduced
limited
poorly
little
flawed
off-colour
UK
unfortunate
shameful
incapable
insubstantial
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
sparing
dissatisfying
unfit
iffy
downmarket
unproficient
hack
sub-par
slipshod
tinhorn
rough
disreputable
impermissible
insufferable
inappropriate
undesirable
unequal
off-color
US
minor league
small potatoes
not satisfying
minor-league
failing
sketchy
patchy
disturbing
disconcerting
disquieting
unqualified
unrefined
unpolished
not up to expectations
not acceptable
under-strength
good-for-nothing
second-best
second class
end-of-the-pier
piss-poor
dime-a-dozen
strictly for the birds
bad quality
powerless
inapt
low cost
not much chop
unfitted
for the birds
leaving a lot to be desired
pitiable
dodgy
disastrous
garbage
cheapo
dubious
questionable
damnable
insupportable
scurrilous
condemnable
out
irremediable
indefensible
inacceptable
reject
of poor quality
of low quality
not on
won't do
bungling
flimsy
unspeakable
mean
cheap-jack
of a sort
makeshift
unskilled
unskillful
naff
seedy
horrendous
twopenny-halfpenny
ordinary
odious
very bad
godawful
thrown together
inproficient
inefficacious
beastly
lacking ability
gross
indifferent
rickety
garbagy
ramshackle
ropey
throwaway
corny
cheeseball
brummagem
twopenny
derisory
average
catchpenny
tinpot
gaudy
not up to much
dingy
inglorious
badly built
a dead loss
worse
poorer
déclassé
dilapidated
poopy
god-awful
a dime a dozen
low in quality
yucky
low-down
run down
dirty
shlocky
calamitous
ghastly
ratty
shlock
unsightly
grubby
scabby
scummy
scurvy
repulsive
sordid
godforsaken
down at heel
bad news
raunchy
downer
icky
diddly
fallacious
grungy
bummer
horrid
detestable
the pits
not good
grody
erroneous
not the best
blah
reprehensible
stinky
desperate
harmful
slovenly
amateur
inexperienced
unprofessional
maladroit
blundering
awkward
undependable
unreliable
feckless
shiftless
more ❯
“A member of a fitness center was injured while using a
defective
squat machine.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking or deficient in some element or quality
deficient
lacking
wanting
insufficient
inadequate
low
limited
poor
short
subnormal
substandard
scant
incomplete
inferior
bad
suboptimal
subpar
unsatisfactory
lousy
dissatisfactory
dreadful
execrable
terrible
dismal
ordinary
abysmal
pathetic
average
lamentable
appalling
unexceptional
unsound
atrocious
lame
deplorable
faulty
imperfect
impaired
rubbish
flawed
junky
rotten
diabolical
shoddy
dire
crummy
disagreeable
junk
pedestrian
rubbishy
unacceptable
below par
second-rate
low-quality
sub-par
leaving much to be desired
not cutting it
below average
third-rate
below standard
under par
more ❯
“The man who exceeds in fear and is
defective
in bravery is called cowardly.”
Adjective
▲
Unsuitable for a given purpose
inexpedient
unsuitable
unsatisfactory
inadmissible
inconvenient
incommodious
undesirable
improper
inadequate
inappropriate
inapt
incapable
incompatible
incompetent
ineffective
ineffectual
inefficacious
inefficient
insufficient
unequal
unfit
unqualified
unsuited
wanting
inconsistent
unable
unadvantageous
unproductive
not good enough
ill-suited
not proper
useless
futile
impotent
lousy
deficient
broken
flimsy
limited
inferior
worthless
powerless
no good
junk
hopeless
detrimental
disadvantageous
unseemly
unbecoming
incongruous
indecorous
inapposite
wrong
infelicitous
malapropos
amiss
unfitting
untoward
unacceptable
incorrect
inept
unbefitting
unapt
graceless
perverse
unhappy
undue
irrelevant
uncalled-for
ineligible
disproportionate
unseasonable
out of place
out of keeping
tasteless
untimely
unprofessional
unladylike
unfortunate
ungentlemanly
misplaced
inadvisable
regrettable
misguided
injudicious
unwarranted
tactless
inopportune
inapropos
inapplicable
insensitive
ill-judged
left-field
ill-considered
in poor taste
ill-chosen
foot-in-mouth
off
in bad taste
out of line
inconsonant
ill-fitted
ill-advised
lacking in propriety
ill-timed
bad form
way off
out of order
discordant
clashing
jarring
inharmonious
discrepant
dissonant
out of character
unmatched
disagreeable
disparate
unflattering
interfering
senseless
more ❯
“The copper turned out on trial to be
defective
for the purpose of sheathing.”
Adjective
▲
Having faults or errors
faulty
wrong
incorrect
flawed
inaccurate
erroneous
false
unsound
inexact
fallacious
invalid
amiss
imprecise
imperfect
unreliable
awry
deficient
impaired
weak
bad
fallible
distorted
frail
inadequate
unfit
blemished
incomplete
warped
botched
cracked
tainted
confused
injured
contradictory
debased
incoherent
insufficient
lame
leaky
rank
blamable
malformed
below par
mistaken
untrue
specious
wide of the mark
questionable
out
off
untrustworthy
iffy
dodgy
unfounded
error-prone
erring
open to error
prone to err
liable to err
prone to error
askew
flimsy
dubious
tenuous
spurious
suspect
shaky
faultful
unsubstantiated
in error
off target
unsupported
careless
falsified
off beam
errable
errant
astray
human
adrift
unsatisfactory
haywire
damaged
untruthful
illogical
shoddy
misleading
unconvincing
implausible
garbled
discrepant
doubtful
out of order
not right
mortal
off base
chancy
rocky
disreputable
risky
full of holes
way-out
way-off
off-base
all wet
undependable
uncertain
deceptive
flakey
US
pseudo
open to doubt
off-target
sham
unstable
flaky
UK
open to question
indefinite
duff
confusing
inconsistent
inappropriate
problematic
vulnerable
not working
inferior
badly designed
fault-prone
unsellable
unsaleable
susceptible
shabby
broken-down
slipshod
lemon
foul
out of commission
sketchy
junk
dud
natural
rotten
misguided
buggy
bogus
crooked
messed up
marred
phoney
UK
dicey
abroad
phony
US
glitched up
without foundation
not exact
not accurate
way out
way off
wrong number
all off
fake
untenable
liable
counterfactual
wide
nonrational
irrational
unreasonable
illegitimate
unreasoning
ungrounded
broken
unfaithful
wild
hollow
sophistic
in question
ruptured
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
splintered
off-beam
incongruous
unsubstantial
split
fractured
not true
way off-beam
cleft
doesn't wash
ill-founded
fissured
chipped
slit
delusive
delusory
fictitious
deceiving
deceitful
fabricated
baseless
deluding
unreal
sophistical
groundless
imaginary
beguiling
illusory
unproven
fishy
foundationless
trumped up
invented
concocted
fraudulent
made up
unjustified
unwarranted
uncorroborated
truthless
reasonless
misinformed
nonvalid
mad
without basis
dishonest
unreasoned
chimerical
apocryphal
fanciful
insincere
improper
misrepresentative
illusive
vain
idle
gratuitous
way off beam
trumped-up
fictional
imagined
counterfeit
off the mark
fabulous
mythical
delusional
factitious
forged
artificial
mythological
unjustifiable
colored
US
coloured
UK
seeming
unconfirmed
empty
unverified
speculative
conjectural
apparent
economical with the truth
cooked-up
illusionary
untested
unattested
bottomless
on the wrong track
uncalled-for
off track
not backed up by evidence
unfitting
dissembling
error-filled
meretricious
unassured
unsure
wanting
nugatory
wrong-headed
erratic
contrary to fact
mock
unsustainable
illegal
feigned
fluffed
not trustworthy
simulated
mendacious
misfigured
goofed
misconstrued
mishandled
miscalculated
faked
without substantiation
without merit
contrived
lying
not the case
unprovoked
ersatz
unfactual
nonfactual
not precise
at fault
terminologically inexact
out of line
wrongly inferred
causeless
off course
superstitious
in the wrong
uncalled for
wrongly identified
wide of mark
barking up wrong tree
labouring under a misapprehension
barking up the wrong tree
without justification
without reason
without cause
fantastic
not backed up
visionary
ideal
notional
hallucinatory
whimsical
fancied
fictive
suppositious
supposititious
ostensible
semblant
Barmecidal
Barmecide
non-existent
blue sky
pipe dream
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts
scrappy
sketchy
incoherent
disjointed
unfinished
incomplete
fragmented
piecemeal
bitty
deficient
patchy
unpolished
fragmentary
inadequate
slipshod
untidy
disconnected
unsystematic
imperfect
perfunctory
disorganised
UK
disorganized
US
inconsistent
superficial
patchwork
uneven
thrown together
crude
rough
rudimentary
jumbled
unrefined
basic
simple
makeshift
confused
unskillful
fitful
rambling
unconnected
irregular
varying
variable
erratic
rough and ready
insufficient
broken
wanting
partial
outline
lacking
fractured
shattered
skeletal
smashed
broad-brush
busted
lacking in detail
undone
uncompleted
hasty
unaccomplished
unexecuted
undeveloped
unperformed
improvised
unsophisticated
underdone
unconsummated
rude
meagre
UK
faulty
immature
extemporary
hurried
not concluded
not-yet-finalized
half-done
half-completed
not finished
partially finished
not completed
half-finished
partially complete
under construction
meager
US
cobbled together
make-do
ad hoc
not done
unresolved
pending
unconcluded
ongoing
outstanding
unfulfilled
unattended to
undecided
neglected
remaining
left
not ready
in progress
on ice
in the making
up in the air
on the back burner
unsettled
undetermined
deferred
pendent
unperfected
unassembled
half-baked
to be done
in limbo
omitted
awaiting action
awaiting attention
in abeyance
hanging fire
in the air
not complete
suspended
open
uncertain
passed over
truncated
pendant
postponed
in the balance
in a state of uncertainty
put off
on the drawing board
awaiting decision
betwixt and between
in cold storage
in a state of suspension
still open
in development
unachieved
awaiting
awaiting completion
awaiting settlement
in no man's land
put to one side
in suspension
not prepared
abridged
unprepared
unready
limited
not whole
not entire
abandoned
in the rough
on hold
work in process
work in progress
indeterminate
hanging
disregarded
ignored
in the works
in reserve
not started
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unable to be supported or justified
insupportable
unjustifiable
indefensible
inexcusable
unforgivable
unpardonable
weak
invalid
flawed
shaky
unwarrantable
unreasonable
untenable
foundationless
groundless
unfounded
baseless
implausible
unconfirmed
uncorroborated
unsubstantiated
unsupported
specious
without justification
without foundation
without basis
unsound
unacceptable
unjustified
unwarranted
unsustainable
flimsy
faulty
undefendable
illogical
absurd
inadmissible
preposterous
irrational
unsupportable
unarguable
senseless
ill-founded
spurious
fallacious
unreasoned
false
arbitrary
unproven
questionable
foolish
nonsensical
stupid
silly
erroneous
idiotic
unreliable
ludicrous
crazy
nonrational
unreasoning
insane
ridiculous
nonvalid
nutty
wacky
wild
unscientific
unprovoked
wrong
inconsequential
daft
mad
unwise
illegitimate
motiveless
brainless
inconsequent
injudicious
incorrect
mindless
unmotivated
unverified
unthinking
sophistic
misguided
conjectural
gratuitous
speculative
loony
wanton
kooky
vain
idle
contradictory
laughable
barmy
unattested
incoherent
demented
reasonless
off beam
way out
off the wall
not making sense
off-the-wall
not backed up by evidence
needless
random
uninformed
untested
ungrounded
misinformed
haphazard
capricious
fabricated
ill-conceived
untrue
ill-thought-out
not well thought out
shot-in-the-dark
hit-or-miss
trumped-up
trumped up
without substantiation
without merit
cockamamie
freaky
aberrant
flakey
US
raving
unstable
counterintuitive
flaky
UK
disconnected
distraught
delirious
disjointed
illusory
empty
dubious
bottomless
imaginary
causeless
chimerical
doubtful
tenuous
uncalled for
suspect
uncalled-for
without reason
without cause
dodgy
not backed up
iffy
uncertain
undependable
fishy
debatable
nebulous
disputable
arguable
untrustworthy
dubitable
unestablished
controversial
suspicious
suppositive
suppositious
presumed
assumed
indefinite
not validated
open to question
open to doubt
hard to believe
inconsistent
sophistical
incongruous
inane
casuistic
hollow
meaningless
inconclusive
unsubstantial
impossible
perverse
fatuous
irreconcilable
imbecilic
unproved
cockeyed
irrelevant
unconnected
screwy
full of holes
beyond belief
self-contradictory
not following
beyond the bounds of possibility
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Rickety in structure and easily damaged
flimsy
fragile
frail
unstable
weak
rickety
shaky
breakable
delicate
wobbly
ramshackle
brittle
tottery
frangible
vulnerable
decrepit
insubstantial
unsteady
unsound
light
makeshift
wonky
shoddy
gimcrack
slight
dodgy
teetery
cheap
unsubstantial
superficial
rinkydink
jerry-built
easily broken
badly built
easily damaged
thrown together
house of cards
unsafe
unreliable
insecure
dangerous
tottering
not solid
not robust
not safe
precarious
rocky
feeble
crumbly
shatterable
fracturable
friable
shattery
dilapidated
rattletrap
destructible
tumbledown
splintery
unbalanced
wavering
fine
crumbling
decaying
derelict
spindly
rumpty
suspect
eggshell
smashable
dainty
broken-down
on its last legs
tumble-down
falling to pieces
easily destroyed
teetering
tender
unsure
doddering
destroyable
wavy
vacillating
tenuous
vitreous
crisp
crispy
quaking
perilous
nebulous
risky
bockety
staggering
dicey
iffy
tricky
dizzy
easily threatened
debilitated
sickly
ailing
enfeebled
disintegrating
failing
broken
faltering
invalid
infirm
faint
puny
shacky
shambly
anile
lame
shabby
anemic
US
seedy
ill
threadbare
weakly
anaemic
UK
rundown
battered
worn
tacky
ruined
deteriorated
deteriorating
bedraggled
decayed
tired
creaky
creaking
used
antiquated
superannuated
quavering
shaking
haggard
run down
run-down
worn out
worn-out
beat-up
falling apart
gone to rack and ruin
in a state of disrepair
ill-maintained
in ruins
in disrepair
weather-beaten
worse for wear
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Rudimentary or crude in form, not thorough or complete
sketchy
crude
basic
rudimentary
unpolished
hasty
unfinished
unrefined
simple
scrappy
makeshift
improvised
unsophisticated
meager
US
meagre
UK
faulty
extemporary
hurried
cobbled together
make-do
thrown together
ad hoc
rough
slipshod
unskillful
deficient
bitty
untidy
incoherent
rough and ready
primitive
rude
raw
coarse
unprocessed
rough-hewn
undeveloped
clumsy
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
artless
natural
jerry-rigged
jerry-built
jury-rigged
imperfect
elementary
untreated
roughhewn
preliminary
quick
incomplete
cursory
initial
inductive
preparatory
first
preparative
test
early
uncut
uncompleted
crass
uncomplicated
inexact
imprecise
undressed
native
unprepared
low
rudimental
unprecise
organic
roughly made
plain
rustic
unmilled
unfiltered
roughly-made
unfashioned
in the rough
in its natural state
homespun
homemade
amateurish
awkward
spartan
austere
approximate
inartistic
green
inexpert
caveman
in the raw
unconditioned
wild-and-woolly
ad-lib
uncouth
gross
uncultivated
uncultured
vulgar
common
lowbrow
tasteless
lowbred
raffish
rugged
roughneck
incult
illiberal
insensible
unstained
hard
ill-bred
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having no use, purpose or reason
worthless
useless
futile
ineffective
pointless
fruitless
vain
ineffectual
unproductive
profitless
unprofitable
empty
unavailing
valueless
bootless
meaningless
barren
senseless
nugatory
inadequate
hollow
insignificant
trivial
inconsequential
trifling
inutile
null
chaffy
unimportant
insubstantial
counterproductive
junky
paltry
inferior
poor
lame
unusable
pathetic
sterile
banal
unsatisfactory
unfructuous
negligible
deficient
nothing
miserable
petty
unessential
wanky
pants
waste
measly
trashy
poxy
rubbishy
silly
wretched
piddling
abandoned
bogus
ignoble
mediocre
meritless
rubbish
to no avail
no use
no-good
of no benefit
not much cop
two a penny
a dead loss
not valuable
purposeless
idle
inefficacious
unsuccessful
abortive
otiose
aimless
hopeless
in vain
of no use
to no purpose
needless
impotent
irrelevant
wasted
unrewarding
unnecessary
purportless
impractical
to no effect
unhelpful
good-for-nothing
without rhyme or reason
superfluous
frivolous
inane
motiveless
vapid
feckless
redundant
lost
unpurposed
of no avail
unfruitful
thwarted
failed
unremunerative
mindless
nonsensical
unuseful
doomed
losing
of no value
without success
self-defeating
no dice
not useful
dry
footling
negative
powerless
baulked
UK
unreasonable
unreal
thankless
foiled
goalless
indiscriminate
fatuous
forlorn
scrap
inoperative
delusive
vacuous
unconstructive
vacant
inefficient
frustrated
unsubstantial
expendable
impracticable
stupid
unprolific
nongermane
dysfunctional
balked
US
nonproductive
casual
on a treadmill
not helpful
Sisyphean
uncalled-for
drifting
uncalled for
not worth the candle
adverse
pyrrhic
puerile
maladaptive
specious
unvaluable
groundless
throwaway
cheap
of little worth
absurd
insincere
dead
without value
inept
lacking value
insipid
objectless
dysregulated
uncreative
unyieldly
wasteful
scant
feeble
baseless
insane
self-sabotaging
dull
uninformative
unworkable
non-successful
insufficient
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
nonconstructive
self-destructive
rambling
unfounded
disadvantageous
weak
boring
wandering
unsuitable
uneconomic
Pyrrhic
stale
uninspiring
no good to gundy
adrift
for nought
unserviceable
nonfunctional
lacking foundation
unmeaning
unsound
uninteresting
gainless
unlucrative
not needed
stillborn
nonpractical
unfunctional
no good
misfired
tedious
arid
flat
commonplace
unbeneficial
broken
inoperable
of no earthly use
without grounds
without foundation
helpless
impossible
not pertinent
lacklustre
UK
dreary
monotonous
drab
unstimulating
prosaic
lifeless
humdrum
designless
thoughtless
witless
illogical
irrational
wanton
not serious
gratuitous
time-wasting
unfilled
clear
desultory
brainless
random
no-win
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
void
delusory
ill-fated
bleak
lackluster
US
undirected
ridiculous
floundering
haphazard
oblivious
going nowhere
unjustified
in vicious circle
not a prayer
unachievable
despaired of
beyond remedy
wishy-washy
hit-or-miss
unused
unwanted
excess
extra
supernumerary
leftover
remaining
discarded
spare
surplus
left over
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not performing its proper or intended function
dysfunctional
flawed
broken
malfunctional
debilitated
deteriorated
maladjusted
undermined
unfit
decayed
inhibited
abnormal
maladaptive
maladapted
unbalanced
mixed up
messed up
screwed up
ill-adjusted
Adjective
▲
Physically ill or weakened
laid-up
ill
unwell
ailing
indisposed
infirm
unhealthy
debilitated
poorly
diseased
weak
bedridden
disordered
infected
invalid
rickety
declining
feeble
frail
down
feverish
impaired
incurable
peaked
rocky
suffering
tottering
sick
confined
delicate
hospitalised
UK
hospitalized
US
imperfect
wobbly
funny
green
lousy
mean
nauseated
qualmish
queasy
rotten
broken down
run down
under the weather
in poor health
not so hot
under medication
in a bad way
sick as a dog
unsound
crook
pale
sickened
below par
bad
stricken
wretched
off-color
US
peaky
on the sick list
rundown
off colour
not healthy
off-colour
UK
off
laid up
not oneself
run-down
out of sorts
under par
grim
sickly
nauseous
grotty
rough
crummy
seedy
ropy
liverish
wabbit
peculiar
punk
green about the gills
not up to par
washed out
awful
queer
terrible
faint
not well
peely-wally
dreadful
peakish
laid low
giddy
not very well
dizzy
not in good shape
anaemic
UK
valetudinarian
anemic
US
incapacitated
afflicted
enfeebled
not up to snuff
wan
drained
lightheaded
weakened
haggard
light-headed
pallid
tired
ashen
pasty
colourless
UK
bloodless
sallow
unfit
ashy
grey
UK
decrepit
gray
US
colorless
US
cadaverous
sapped
like death warmed up
bummed
woozy
ghastly
groggy
invalided
out of action
enervated
white
weakly
waxen
blanched
thin
disabled
prostrate
etiolated
languid
prostrated
whitish
livid
deathlike
asthenic
sickish
injured
bleached
wasted
doughy
pinched
down-and-out
low
lurid
squeamish
iffy
spectral
waxlike
out of commission
in poor shape
pasty-faced
ill-looking
whey-faced
ashen-faced
corpse-like
deathly pale
fatigued
confined to bed
at death's door
exhausted
washed-out
septic
drawn
languorous
shaky
poor
emaciated
chalky
queerish
queazy
contaminated
milky
infectious
lame
dying
slight
effete
waxy
the worse for wear
tender
sickly-looking
paled
lymphatic
a wreck
mealy
in ill health
out of shape
in poor condition
fair
alabaster
ivory
off one's feed
not yourself
out of condition
cream
creamy
down with
feeling awful
as white as a sheet
as white as a ghost
chalk-white
feeling rotten
milk-white
white-faced
light-skinned
sick as a parrot
fair-skinned
horrible
strange
unstable
ropey
paltry
failing
ugly
bilious
qualmy
pukish
reeling
unsightly
uneasy
valetudinary
handicapped
crippled
unwholesome
in pain
bedfast
dim
faded
watery
ineffectual
ineffective
dull
tainted
not feeling well
sinking
reduced
in bad shape
peccant
miserable
dragging
wavering
languishing
immobilized
US
not up to the mark
housebound
spent
droopy
wilted
drooping
wilting
flagging
immobilised
UK
slightly unwell
weary
not a hundred percent
waterish
doddery
doddering
achy
hypochondriacal
sluggish
depleted
beat
pooped
wasting away
in bad health
wimpish
soft
unsubstantial
softened
wimpy
without energy
in a decline
low-energy
unsteady
burned out
worn out
worn-out
broken-down
ill in bed
off one's feet
anile
feeling terrible
in bed
hors de combat
tuckered out
out of gas
out-of-action
tired out
running temperature
got the bug
infested
in declining health
hurt
wounded
harmed
festering
gangrenous
plague-ridden
disease-ridden
hydrophobic
rabies-infected
putrefying
rabid
looking as if one has seen a ghost
foaming at the mouth
poisoned
peelie-wally
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Mentally deficient or underdeveloped
retarded
arrested
lagging
limited
stunted
underdeveloped
dim
dull
dumbbell
dumdum
dummy
imbecile
pinhead
simple
slow
stupid
subnormal
touched
underachieving
yo-yo
backward
birdbrained
dim-witted
dopey
dumbo
exceptional
feeble-minded
gorked
half-witted
held back
lamebrained
mentally defective
moronic
numbskull
opaque
retardo
sappy
simple-minded
slow-witted
weak
unintelligent
dumb
imbecilic
soft in the head
feebleminded
dull-witted
weak-minded
foolish
idiotic
witless
crazy
doltish
daft
vacuous
obtuse
dippy
dotty
boneheaded
dunderheaded
batty
dozy
cuckoo
chuckleheaded
nutty
barmy
vapid
cretinous
muttonheaded
crackers
nuts
mental
cracked
bonkers
potty
vacant
empty-headed
wooden-headed
slow on the uptake
dunce-like
addle-pated
half-baked
fat-headed
pea-brained
bone-headed
dense
undeveloped
brainless
fatuous
thick
mindless
senseless
thickheaded
gormless
inane
asinine
silly
mad
unwise
absurd
ridiculous
ludicrous
crackbrained
hare-brained
screwy
braindead
wacky
deranged
dead from the neck up
immature
rudimentary
unfledged
slow-growing
undergrown
not developed
naive
ignorant
stolid
oafish
simpleminded
insensate
numskulled
knuckleheaded
pinheaded
thick as two short planks
dorky
airheaded
not bright
lamebrain
not the full shilling
thick-headed
scatterbrained
brain-dead
pig-ignorant
lunkheaded
shallow
thick-witted
unsmart
daffy
unthinking
softheaded
unintellectual
bubbleheaded
bonehead
bovine
dopy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Displaying a lack of sensibleness or judgment
half-witted
stupid
foolish
silly
absurd
senseless
nonsensical
brainless
crazy
asinine
daft
witless
fatuous
preposterous
insane
unwise
nutty
mad
wacky
lunatic
loony
crackpot
zany
cuckoo
dotty
daffy
simpleminded
dippy
harebrained
looney
kooky
whacky
lunkheaded
bubbleheaded
kookie
featherheaded
screwball
cockeyed
jerky
balmy
tomfool
sappy
inept
fool
feebleminded
half-baked
weak-minded
ridiculous
idiotic
ludicrous
irrational
inane
illogical
unreasonable
imbecilic
bizarre
wild
pointless
moronic
barmy
cockamamie
fantastic
hare-brained
laughable
farcical
goofy
strange
fantastical
fanciful
risible
mindless
batty
incongruous
potty
grotesque
unreal
unthinkable
off the wall
foolhardy
weird
screwy
impractical
outrageous
incredible
odd
outlandish
puerile
unbelievable
funny
freaky
madcap
implausible
comical
monstrous
astonishing
pathetic
cockamamy
derisive
shocking
out to lunch
derisory
inconsistent
imprudent
unintelligent
eccentric
unconventional
impracticable
oddball
irresponsible
halfwitted
unrealistic
meaningless
hilarious
giddy
unusual
clownish
ill-conceived
crackbrained
empty-headed
off beam
cock-eyed
frivolous
unsafe
unsound
off the beam
bugged out
mentally incompetent
out of the question
thick
goofy loony
untenable
extremely foolish
stupidly irresponsible
full of holes
way out
surreal
scatterbrained
vacuous
contemptible
derisible
foolheaded
feather-brained
doltish
reckless
rash
careless
unstable
gormless
braindead
rattlebrained
heedless
changeable
idiosyncratic
cretinous
thickheaded
dunderheaded
twisted
damfool
dotish
donkeyish
divvy
slow-witted
dead from the neck up
chowderheaded
imbecile
dof
obstinate
thick-witted
glaikit
dumb
flakey
US
flaky
UK
loopy
peculiar
queer
nuts
wacko
curious
quirky
offbeat
quaint
bizarro
unworkable
freakish
queerish
gonzo
fruity
infantile
off-centre
far-out
way-out
in left field
off-the-wall
far out
off-kilter
off-center
out-of-the-way
out in left field
comic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Physically disabled, typically unable to walk properly
lame
crippled
disabled
handicapped
incapacitated
debilitated
deformed
game
infirm
maimed
gammy
halt
hobbling
limping
mutilated
bruised
crook
gimp
gimpy
pained
sidelined
sore
stiff
physically challenged
injured
hurt
paralysed
UK
paralyzed
US
wounded
weakened
damaged
paraplegic
quadriplegic
immobilized
US
mangled
impaired
enfeebled
harmed
powerless
tetraplegic
helpless
monoplegic
hemiplegic
paraparetic
paretic
immobilised
UK
wheelchair-using
ailing
having a disability
differently abled
physically handicapped
physically impaired
limp
bedridden
bad
hamstrung
palsied
incapable
weak
battered
confined
broken
laid up
invalid
out of commission
broken-down
laid-up
out-of-action
learning-disabled
having special needs
frail
fractured
feeble
tender
challenged
disadvantaged
numb
physically disabled
marred
immobile
disarmed
wrecked
stalled
decrepit
exceptional
dismembered
dead
run-down
worn-out
out-of-commission
disfigured
diplegic
benumbed
indisposed
with a disability
unfit
impotent
wornout
undermined
inactive
insensible
paralytic
palsified
amputated
out of action
freakish
hors de combat
housebound
hog-tied
confined to bed
wheelchair-bound
ill
sick
aching
afflicted
cut
smarting
stricken
painful
throbbing
hurting
stinging
inflamed
crushed
scarred
discoloured
UK
discolored
US
on the sick list
black-and-blue
deadened
unfeeling
frozen
sickly
unwell
poorly
insensitive
insensate
desensitized
US
inert
beaten
laid low
grazed
scratched
burning
sensitive
lacerated
gashed
torpid
useless
desensitised
UK
knackered
chafed
reddened
below par
agonised
UK
ruptured
in hospital
in the hospital
mauled
bleeding
agonized
US
scraped
nicked
in pain
struck
busted up
hit
bedfast
bedbound
prostrate
lifeless
nerveless
infected
peaked
down
unmoving
weakly
flat on your back
valetudinarian
transfixed
valetudinary
speechless
in poor health
excruciating
agonizing
US
delicate
tingly
distressed
raw
achy
afflictive
under the weather
prickly
twingeing
irritated
off colour
severe
gnawing
suffering
biting
uncomfortable
smartful
laborious
nagging
sharp
troublesome
searing
piercing
pounding
tingling
agonising
UK
hurtful
caustic
abscessed
petrified
harrowing
red
tired
nasty
achy breaky
grievous
ulcerated
smashed
shattered
unable to move
ill in bed
shot
buffeted
tortured
warped
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Depraved or perverse in nature
aberrant
depraved
perverted
deviant
perverse
degenerate
debased
debauched
corrupted
corrupt
psycho
twisted
wacko
warped
wrong
erroneous
off-colour
UK
off-color
US
sick
unhealthy
kinky
sicko
pervy
abnormal
evil
immoral
wicked
unnatural
sadistic
vicious
distorted
impaired
diseased
vitiated
dissolute
vile
amoral
licentious
deviative
degenerated
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
masochistic
degraded
dissipated
reprobate
decadent
wayward
abandoned
demoralized
US
unclean
deviate
libertine
unwholesome
sordid
bad
contorted
grotesque
jackleg
loose
rotten
vitiate
rakish
monstrous
misguided
rakehell
demoralised
UK
rakehelly
lewd
wanton
sinful
impure
profligate
lascivious
lecherous
unchaste
lustful
libidinous
indecent
base
promiscuous
intemperate
unprincipled
prurient
obscene
fast
defiled
shameless
concupiscent
salacious
low
louche
carnal
coarse
disreputable
lubricious
immodest
dirty
miscreant
vulgar
dishonourable
UK
profaned
gone bad
desecrated
randy
unrestrained
horny
uncleanly
wild
goatish
fallen
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