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Adjective
▲
Deficient or inadequate in amount
deficient
inadequate
insufficient
low
wanting
limited
incommensurate
scarce
insubstantial
meagerUS
meagreUK
measly
minimal
scant
scanty
short
slight
sparse
bereft
drained
finite
lean
paltry
piddling
restricted
small
incomplete
needed
shy
coming up short
not hacking it
not making it
not enough
in short supply
too few
too little
too small
mediocre
less
middling
cut
shoddy
straggling
unusual
minute
short-handed
unfrequent
run-down
at a low level
widely spaced
in the minority
low in numbers
seldom seen
out of the ordinary
seldom found
scarcer than hen's teeth
modest
pitiful
beggarly
trivial
mingy
unconvincing
ungenerous
partial
lamentable
diminutive
implausible
petty
contemptible
lousy
basic
piffling
shallow
ineffectual
narrow
confined
wretched
sorry
piddly
picayune
pitiable
niggling
despicable
disappointing
poxy
scrubby
thinly distributed
dispersed
tame
very
half
near
moderate
demi-
semi-
unsuccessful
ineffective
unsubstantial
lowly
uncharitable
chintzy
close
penurious
cheap
niggard
tightfisted
pinching
penny-pinching
closefisted
stinting
pinchpenny
ordinary
subnormal
base
inept
simple
sheer
frail
fruitless
futile
flat
profitless
useless
absolute
only a
just a
no more than
no better than
measured
circumscribed
defined
rudimentary
patchy
definite
determinate
part
set
more ❯
“Funds were severely lacking, and we would have a tough time paying our bills.”
Adjective
▲
Deficient or inadequate in quality
inferior
substandard
bad
deficient
poor
suboptimal
subpar
dissatisfactory
lousy
subnormal
unsatisfactory
wanting
abysmal
appalling
atrocious
average
dismal
dreadful
execrable
lame
lamentable
ordinary
pathetic
terrible
unexceptional
unsound
crummy
defective
deplorable
diabolical
dire
disagreeable
faulty
flawed
impaired
imperfect
inadequate
junk
junky
low
pedestrian
rotten
rubbish
shoddy
rubbishy
unacceptable
sub-par
under par
low-quality
second-rate
below average
below par
below standard
third-rate
leaving much to be desired
not cutting it
sorry
nasty
woeful
poxy
base
tawdry
abominable
horrible
contemptible
chronic
disgraceful
pitiable
cruddy
very bad
two-bit
second-class
tacky
mean
poor-quality
horrendous
vile
God-awful
shameful
loathsome
shocking
odious
unpleasant
detestable
dime-a-dozen
despicable
cheap and nasty
disastrous
sucky
gross
distasteful
pits
horrid
foul
godawful
revolting
lemon
hideous
grim
repulsive
dodgy
not up to much
dirty
disgusting
abhorrent
calamitous
repugnant
vulgar
hellacious
hostile
indifferent
beastly
unfortunate
ignoble
grubby
sickening
good-for-nothing
ratty
downmarket
dishonourableUK
sordid
poorer
stinking
rough
gaudy
flimsy
dishonorableUS
trifling
critical
repellent
nauseous
hack
obnoxious
disreputable
ghastly
petty
from hunger
scandalous
déclassé
poor quality
ugly
the pits
tinhorn
insignificant
scurvy
adverse
negligible
grievous
low-end
discreditable
unfriendly
nauseating
repellant
unfavorableUS
trivial
noisome
tasteless
unspeakable
naff
improper
cheapo
yucky
ignominious
unfavourableUK
counterproductive
reprehensible
negative
twopenny-halfpenny
grave
slipshod
ramshackle
untoward
badly built
low-down
gruesome
antagonistic
meretricious
outrageous
inimical
measly
horrifying
garbage
evil
obscene
piss-poor
rancid
brummagem
scabby
scummy
unsightly
damnable
crass
Brummagem
seedy
careless
cheap-jack
icky
grody
degenerate
unsavouryUK
thrown together
unseemly
disapproving
snide
currish
run-down
unsympathetic
poorly
unimportant
inefficacious
unsavoryUS
harsh
low-minded
sick
hateful
forbidding
knocked together
slapdash
second rate
a dime a dozen
desperate
troublesome
uncomfortable
alarming
hairy
fulsome
noxious
inhospitable
unhappy
damaging
sneaking
inconsequential
inexpedient
contrary
unimpressive
monstrous
excruciating
heartbreaking
jerrybuilt
infelicitous
corrupt
unbearable
tragic
immoral
cheapie
pointless
futile
raffish
wicked
godforsaken
unavailing
meaningless
heinous
kitsch
indefensible
unproductive
nugatory
unsuited
rinky-dink
negligent
of a sort
servile
unusable
inutile
bogus
nothing
sterile
unprofitable
profitless
barren
unessential
waste
abandoned
two a penny
harmful
adversarial
troubling
uncultured
crook
unstable
off-colour
discomforting
horrific
worrisome
irksome
adversary
flashy
showy
off colour
lowbrow
unsophisticated
unsuccessful
untimely
severe
agonizingUS
stressful
daunting
unsettling
traumatic
perturbing
unpalatable
torturous
commonplace
worse
out of sorts
inauspicious
hamstrung
feckless
disadvantageous
garbagy
injurious
opposing
disavowing
discouraging
unflattering
uncomplimentary
serious
dangerous
unlucky
wanky
plastic
distressful
agitating
difficult
doleful
bitter
unpropitious
perilous
catastrophic
inopportune
garish
minimal
strictly for the birds
end-of-the-pier
dilapidated
makeshift
tormenting
grisly
fraught
macabre
troublous
frightening
nightmarish
unwelcome
no-account
flash
antipathetic
prejudicial
jaundiced
senseless
tremendous
parlous
broken
squalid
inglorious
painful
sinful
scruffy
dingy
tragical
cruel
bleak
gloomy
iniquitous
threatening
ominous
reject
degraded
insupportable
unpromising
worrying
afflictive
indelicate
harrowing
downer
bummer
naysaying
counter
low quality
derisory
uncouth
rude
hurtful
galling
agonisingUK
vicious
impolite
debased
dishonest
mournful
opprobrious
dud
unprincipled
depressing
blameworthy
infamous
ridiculous
unappealing
uninviting
inconvenient
from hell
disgustful
loathly
unladylike
malapropos
ungentlemanly
ill-advised
graceless
broken-down
silly
no-good
very poor
grungy
unseasonable
affecting
uncool
scroungy
minor-league
minor league
ill-disposed
pinchbeck
tattered
brassy
scurrilous
stinky
irremediable
menial
raunchy
small potatoes
god-awful
inproficient
entry-level
bottom-rung
beyond the pale
drossy
of low quality
out of order
of poor quality
dime-store
not satisfying
beyond contempt
fumbling
ne'er-do-well
corny
cheeseball
piteous
rickety
not so good
slovenly
lesser
dicey
throwaway
kitschy
tricky
ropey
well below par
twopenny
second-best
wet
melancholy
inexcusable
second class
unscrupulous
risky
precarious
acute
hazardous
unforgivable
backwards
hellish
rebarbative
stupid
sickly
invalid
weakly
shlock
shlocky
tinselly
depraved
preposterous
niggling
picayune
chicken
minute
footling
piffling
peanut
nominal
piddly
slight
pimping
hard
impoverished
stark
pitiless
ruthless
savage
oppressed
brutal
merciless
low-class
unfashionable
insalubrious
cataclysmic
tinpot
underwhelming
reprobate
dissolute
minor
destructive
unpardonable
unconscionable
foolish
overwhelming
dolorous
exceptionable
pretentious
humble
slavish
poverty-stricken
off-color
run down
dubious
unreasonable
questionable
unable to do something to save one's life
anticlimactic
poopy
condemnable
out
rueful
absurd
ludicrous
foolish-looking
unjustifiable
despisable
disdainable
blah
brash
sparse
slender
unfulfilling
inacceptable
cowardly
plebeian
lowly
criminal
down at heel
not good
erroneous
diddly
disparaging
ailing
bathetic
uninteresting
craven
villainous
hateworthy
irredeemable
irretrievable
tinsel
glittering
loud
not cricket
won't do
not on
over the fence
not quite the done thing
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
tardy
late
unadvantageous
discommodious
opposed
inadvisable
swinish
beggarly
outcast
disillusioning
not the best
bad news
fallacious
unwell
unchivalrous
shameless
flamboyant
flaring
glaring
jazzy
screaming
blatant
obtrusive
sporty
glitzy
flaunting
chintzy
brazen
uncharitable
dastardly
debauched
in poor condition
botched
fumbled
falling short
queasy
decadent
impure
seamy
not all it's cracked up to be
lewd
modest
simple
peasant
reproachful
plain
nauseated
louche
sleazoid
avaricious
skanky
self-seeking
mercenary
calculated
venal
covetous
catchpenny
sombreUK
unnerving
discomposing
solemn
somberUS
humourlessUK
annoying
humorlessUS
sober
irritating
mortifying
upsetting
dumbed down
low cost
uncultivated
ill-mannered
vexatious
lurid
sedate
unendurable
small-time
fruitless
no use
saddening
afflicting
yukky
unbecoming
indecorous
vulnerable
losing
naive
not up to something
unequal to the task
frail
butterfingers
not up to
dependent
not equal to something
hollow
boorish
uncivilizedUS
anguished
heartrending
unlovely
unpleasing
concerning
sorrowful
uncongenial
chaffy
vain
null
banal
nickel-and-dime
of no benefit
bootless
unfructuous
to no avail
menacing
undignified
unbefitting
roughneck
unmannered
clodhopping
incult
oafish
cloddish
churlish
lowbred
illiberal
uncivilisedUK
rough-hewn
brutish
slobbish
mannerless
fair
unmannerly
ill-bred
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
off-putting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
foreboding
out of place
unfitting
indiscreet
passable
moderate
so-so
festy
malfunctioning
perverse
incongruous
incorrect
inapposite
yucko
gnarly
medium
not worth a hill of beans
non-functioning
inoperative
run-of-the-mill
tolerable
middle-of-the-road
ill-constructed
rowdy
out of keeping
inelegant
malodorous
indecent
in poor taste
ruffian
ungodly
scratched
buckled
torn
not working
cracked
warped
deformed
workaday
everyday
adequate
very unpleasant
ill-suited
sick-making
unremarkable
prosaic
lacklusterUS
lacklustreUK
unexciting
buggy
not functioning
knackered
run-of-the-mine
OK
forgettable
run-of-mine
immaterial
bog-standard
vanilla
fair-to-middling
unhealthy
on the bum
abnormal
blemished
gone wrong
in disrepair
seconds
on the blink
ill-fated
out of the way
in bad taste
not so hot
of no consequence
nothing to write home about
plain vanilla
not very good
more ❯
“The audio quality is quite clearly lacking in these sound files.”
Adjective
▲
(of a quality) Absent or not present
absent
missing
nonexistent
wanting
unavailable
non-existent
not present
not there
not to be found
away
out
gone
short
truant
removed
off
non-attending
AWOL
vanished
astray
in absentia
deficient
scarce
omitted
in short supply
not included
few and far between
left out
nowhere to be found
left behind
absent without leave
not at home
abroad
absconding
wanted
deserting
unaccounted-for
absent from duty
forgotten
outside
A.W.O.L.
not in
left
long-lost
gone away
away from home
skipping school
playing hooky
cutting class
in other places
at another place
in another place
somewhere else
at a different place
in a different place
on vacation
finished
no longer available
sold out
unobtainable
more ❯
“They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.”
Adjective
▲
(lacking in) Without or deficient in (something)
without
minus
sans
needing
wanting
bereft of
deficient in
devoid of
deprived of
destitute of
free from
free of
low on
short on
bankrupt of
empty of
lacking in
in need of
void of
wanting in
barren of
depleted of
drained of
short of
denuded of
not having
completely lacking in
exhausted of
unprovided with
emptied of
more ❯
“The concert was rather dull and lacking in energy.”
Adjective
▲
Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
incomplete
insufficient
partial
defective
deficient
imperfect
wanting
fragmentary
patchy
short
sketchy
unfinished
abridged
bitty
fragmented
scrappy
shortened
undeveloped
undone
half-pie
qualified
restricted
unaccomplished
unexecuted
broken
crude
curtailed
expurgated
fractional
garbled
immature
inadequate
inchoate
incoherent
meagreUK
meagerUS
not entire
not total
not whole
part
piecemeal
rough
rude
rudimentary
unconsummated
underdone
unpolished
unwhole
under construction
disjointed
uneven
unsystematic
disconnected
untidy
inconsistent
disorganizedUS
slipshod
disorganisedUK
patchwork
thrown together
smashed
fractured
shattered
busted
scattered
fragmental
discrete
discontinuous
half
halfway
inconclusive
jumbled
in pieces
cursory
vague
skimpy
slight
imprecise
scanty
hurried
fuzzy
hasty
provisional
faulty
coarse
preliminary
woolyUS
cobbled together
unclear
hazy
introductory
woollyUK
uncritical
depthless
shallow
on the back of an envelope
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Subject to deprivation
deprived
disadvantaged
needy
poor
destitute
depressed
in need
necessitous
underprivileged
bereft
denuded
in want
poverty-stricken
distressed
forlorn
impoverished
broke
dispossessed
impecunious
penurious
rundown
wanting
badly off
down at heel
in reduced circumstances
on the bread line
unable to make ends meet
unable to keep the wolf from the door
strapped
struggling
boracic
unprosperous
boracic lint
without a bean
on skid row
hard-pressed
without a red cent
homeless
pinched
reduced
up against it
without a brass farthing
low-income
unlucky
neglected
truly needy
busted
have-not
stony
without two pennies farthings to rub together
unfavored
unaffluent
requiring help
unprivileged
ill-fated
hapless
ill-starred
low-paid
crippled
broken
poor as a church mouse
in distressed circumstances
straitened
short of money
inadequately serviced
scanty
empty-handed
low
meagerUS
fortuneless
suffering
meagreUK
in dire straits
stripped
divested
deficient
totaled
sterile
in reduced
empty
hurting
vagrant
workless
unemployed
laid off
on the streets
jobless
living rough
between jobs
redundant
sleeping rough
idle
deprived of
devoid of
played out
bad off
in need of
underserviced
of no fixed address
of no fixed abode
behind eight ball
on one's uppers
out of a job
signing on
resting
shabby
derelict
slummy
seedy
on the dole
ghost
shanty
ghetto
run down
run-down
on the wallaby track
skid row
underserved
down to last cent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Needing
requiring
needful
needing
without
compelling
demanding
exacting
forcing
involving
necessitating
pressing
calling for
dire
immediate
urgent
imperative
important
critical
crucial
vital
high-priority
burning
importunate
serious
necessary
exigent
acute
imperious
instant
crying
emergent
necessitous
key
clamant
constraining
pivotal
inescapable
essential
persuasive
unyielding
clamouringUK
hurry-up
claiming
of the utmost importance
of the essence
obliging
now or never
irresistible
distressing
clamoringUS
heat-on
Adjective
▲
Being required or essential for a given objective
needed
necessary
required
essential
desired
requisite
critical
integral
vital
wanted
compulsory
imperative
indispensable
mandatory
necessitous
obligatory
all-important
lacked
needful
called for
must-have
of the essence
important
crucial
key
prerequisite
paramount
fundamental
pivotal
consequential
grave
portentous
substantial
dire
fateful
historic
material
imperious
clamant
severe
importunate
emergent
crying
solemn
of moment
somberUS
sombreUK
of great import
heavyweight
sober
conclusive
of consequence
of significance
of great importance
sedate
staid
arch
remarkable
final
eventful
life and death
humourlessUK
humorlessUS
instant
no laughing matter
no joke
first
settling
definitive
no-nonsense
forceful
epoch-making
big deal
immediate
uppermost
highest
greatest
sovereign
overbearing
overmastering
sovran
impressive
uncomic
earthshaking
numero uno
absolute
relevant
apocalyptic
desperate
signal
striking
special
earth-shaking
insistent
memorable
sensational
prior
appreciable
exceptional
much
tectonic
world-shattering
defining
controlling
now or never
front-page
hefty
newsworthy
ultimate
certain
arresting
pronounced
demanding
noticeable
pertinent
head
clamorous
large
exacting
high
unlucky
responsible
drastic
marked
exciting
invaluable
sizable
large-scale
obvious
maximum
authoritative
landmark
extensive
especial
prevailing
lead
extreme
moving
persuasive
formative
valuable
tough
difficult
extraordinary
unforgettable
intense
utmost
headline
impelling
topmost
instrumental
of great moment
hard
keynote
rare
operative
arch-
impactful
imposing
inspiring
inspirational
number-one
strong
potent
emphatic
last
clear
shaping
causal
evaluative
coercive
egregious
elevated
active
best
predestined
foreordained
inevitable
doomed
destined
interesting
lively
busy
full
super
applicable
axial
intrusive
projecting
protruding
famous
arrestive
jutting
obtrusive
ill-fated
doomful
direful
inauspicious
ominous
resultful
topical
worthwhile
super colossal
mammoth
demanding attention
dramatic
high priority
apposite
germane
glum
strongest
definite
constraining
event-filled
strenuous
presiding
supereminent
buzzworthy
stern
apropos
apt
gloomy
dour
grim
trenchant
hectic
action-packed
austere
emergency
sore
page-one
prodigious
unmissable
ponderous
tremendous
life-saving
quiet
downbeat
sad
decided
incisive
terrible
driving
parlous
indicative
clamouringUK
hurry-up
clamoringUS
requiring
obliging
heat-on
irresistible
claiming
distressing
forcing
unyielding
actual
cold sober
life or death
second-to-none
out of the ordinary
of note
of substance
crisp
settled
of import
matter of life and death
epochal
star
stellar
No. 1
extremely important
milestone
litmus test
transcendental
empyrean
empyreal
sublime
categorical
carrying a lot of weight
ponderable
priceless
top-priority
precious
obstinate
tireless
unremitting
intransigent
tenacious
stubborn
indefatigable
distinctive
deep
uncommon
glaring
unusual
life-changing
very great
inestimable
preponderant
resonant
worthy of attention
quantum
generous
unordinary
glorious
testing
irreplaceable
instantaneous
persistent
unrelenting
aggressive
dogged
obdurate
persevering
entreating
nagging
pertinacious
of importance
trying
searching
helpful
choice
creative
original
prompt
direct
psychological
serviceable
treasured
on-the-spot
avid
disturbing
high-pressure
annoying
troublesome
suppliant
overeager
solicitous
pushy
harassing
innovative
swift
rapid
quick
extremely helpful
sudden
split-second
speedy
beyond price
extremely useful
worth its weight in gold
imaginative
groundbreaking
touchy
showdown
climatic
abrupt
snappy
precipitate
lightning
expeditious
straightaway
effective
convincing
pioneering
productive
ground-breaking
fleet
rathe
alacritous
competent
stirring
effectual
provocative
vigorous
useful
swaying
capable
enticing
contributory
encouraging
motivational
energetic
robust
able
inducing
stimulating
purposeful
animating
motivating
hard-hitting
swayful
guiding
dynamic
cogent
successful
rousing
alluring
masterful
touching
efficient
seductive
forcible
efficacious
affecting
overly solicitous
touch and go
hanging by thread
on thin ice
contemporary
existent
on the spot
germinal
generative
most prominent
most influential
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not existent
nonexistent
absent
chimerical
fancied
fictional
hallucinatory
hypothetical
illusory
imaginary
imagined
insubstantial
missing
mythical
unreal
wanting
airy
baseless
blank
dead
defunct
departed
dreamlike
dreamy
empty
ethereal
extinct
extinguished
flimsy
gone
gossamery
groundless
immaterial
imponderable
inexistent
legendary
lost
negative
null
perished
shadowy
tenuous
ungrounded
unsubstantial
vacant
vague
vaporous
void
passed away
passed on
without foundation
null and void
few and far between
delusory
spurious
bogus
specious
fallacious
pseudo
simulated
ersatz
counterfeit
mistaken
deceitful
factitious
fraudulent
synthetic
erroneous
substitute
feigned
apparent
unfounded
phantasmagorical
dummy
contrived
trumped-up
forged
manufactured
transcendental
speculative
imitative
man-made
spiritual
unsound
mimic
deceiving
faked
invalid
incorporeal
conceptual
semblant
conjectural
plastic
surreal
metaphysical
utopian
incorrect
ghostly
blue-sky
bodiless
wild
unearthly
absurd
irrational
supernatural
illusionary
discarnate
theoretic
deluding
beguiling
illogical
ridiculous
sophistical
bizarre
fishy
hyped up
wrong
otherworldly
inaccurate
unbodied
extravagant
inexact
untruthful
nightmarish
psychedelic
poetic
faulty
non-physical
suppositional
unsubstantiated
misguided
distorted
flawed
unreasonable
putative
nonphysical
nonmaterial
impractical
ideational
queer
imprecise
affected
Kafkaesque
conjectured
far-fetched
unrealistic
cooked-up
blue sky
fantasizedUS
dream
transcendent
oneiric
idealizedUS
ghostlike
dim
unclear
indistinct
disembodied
improvised
capricious
unembodied
play-play
vain
untouchable
unworkable
intellectual
idealisedUK
impracticable
wonderful
formless
wraithlike
philosophical
fantasisedUK
subconscious
mental
unfeasible
proverbial
curious
subjective
unconscious
idle
pipe dream
psychological
high-flown
dishonest
counterfactual
truthless
improper
disincarnate
thought up
crackpot
offbeat
foundationless
unproven
casuistic
misrepresentative
coloredUS
abstruse
psychosomatic
unsupported
uncorroborated
unconfirmed
recondite
imperceptible to the touch
slender
misinformed
colouredUK
ill-founded
indefinite
unlikely
floating
improbable
questionable
so-called
ivory-tower
sophistic
unpractical
numinous
mystical
nonconcrete
without basis
indeterminate
uncertain
cod
mad
facsimile
put-on
mechanical
strained
forced
on cloud nine
unreasoned
adulterine
not genuine
unworldly
reasonless
doubtful
in the mind
falsie
way off
implausible
phantasmagorial
kaleidoscopic
phantasmagorian
unread
mocking
filled with dreams
delusional
hollow
prepared
Barmecidal
Barmecide
float
wistful
chimeral
acted
made
fashioned
non-material
trancelike
trance-like
conceived
invisible
dream-filled
nonnatural
suppositive
misty
hazy
dreamt up
off the mark
non-natural
in your head
dicey
iffy
contrary to fact
unattainable
stress-related
stress-induced
uncorporeal
dodgy
model
toy
filigree
diaphanous
inane
faint
dreamish
hypnagogic
manmade
off beam
full of holes
way off beam
preposterous
ivory-towered
Utopian
unachievable
famed
unauthentic
extraterrestrial
apish
hokey
quasi
make believe
unheard of
tall
meretricious
snide
inauthentic
ancient
famous
mercurial
elusive
outstanding
impressive
extraordinary
remarkable
enchanted
magic
important
magical
evanescent
flakeyUS
far out
fairy tale
kinky
flakyUK
framed
ungenuine
bent
bum
pirate
out-of-reach
lacking substance
engineered
preternatural
other-worldly
counterfeited
rare
evasive
imperceptible
unobservable
insensible
slight
unquantifiable
inappreciable
eluding
evading
unapparent
unsure
dubious
unverifiable
related
told
customary
unhistoric
unhistorical
handed-down
pinchbeck
cock and bull
hard to swallow
hard to take
non-viable
starry-eyed
silly
impossible
in the clouds
untested
unverified
unwarranted
unjustified
unattested
indescribable
indefinable
nonmaterialistic
paranormal
celestial
extramundane
religious
foolish
senseless
idealistic
half-baked
obscure
pie-in-the-sky
pie in the sky
castles in the air
essential
deep
basic
fundamental
perfectionist
expressive
nonvalid
unreliable
profound
universal
esoteric
creative
supersensory
daydreaming
astral
daydreamy
crazy
potty
academical
presumed
ephemeral
gratuitous
bottomless
mendacious
uncalled-for
off-base
oversubtle
not applicable
naive
nonrealistic
not sensible
nonsensical
fresh
exotic
original
infirm
petty
decrepit
puny
fly-by-night
supramundane
superhuman
jesuitic
unfleshly
supermundane
difficult
philosophic
unphysical
suprahuman
ontological
superior
eternal
supranatural
inspired
artistic
inventive
eccentric
fancy
quirky
originative
flighty
perceptual
presupposed
provisory
casual
contestable
disputable
assumptive
stochastic
debatable
postulated
problematic
contingent
equivocal
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
guessed
presumptive
suspect
proposed
pretending
artful
brilliant
unconventional
freaky
radical
fertile
freakish
ingenious
genius
experimental
innovative
keen
not backed up by evidence
innovational
unorthodox
vivid
revolutionary
astute
emotional
subliminal
too little too late
far-out
Promethean
head in the clouds
avant-garde
out of touch with reality
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something
oversupplied
awash
crammed
full of
inundated
overflowing
overprovided
overstocked
packed
flooded
swamped
teeming
deluged
overburdened
overwhelmed
heaving
overrun by
flushed
brimming
knee-deep in
full
crowded
filled
jam-packed
stuffed
loaded
jammed
bursting
chock-full
brimful
swarming
congested
cramped
chockful
fat
chockablock
populous
mobbed
overfull
thronged
crushed
overcrowded
busy
wall-to-wall
huddled
massed
filled to the rafters
up to the hilt
sardined
elbow-to-elbow
full up
fit to bust
flush
topfull
overpeopled
chock-a-block
overpopulated
chocker
level with
running over
bursting at the seams
standing room only
up to here
filled to capacity
thickset
full to bursting
SRO
sold out
bulging at the seams
lousy with
stiff with
full to the gunwales
like Piccadilly Circus
mob scene
clean
topped off
full house
abundant
rife
overrun
thick
crawling
thronging
bristling
seething
dense
replete
full of commotion
Adjective
▲
In dire need of something
desperate
eager
hungry
longing
yearning
aching
craving
dying
enthusiastic
keen
raring
thirsty
wanting
desirous
impatient
itching
thirsting
urgently requiring
bursting
crying out
in great need of
in want of
keen as mustard
up for it
in urgent need
excited
thrilled
burning
gasping
willing
passionate
zealous
fervent
fanatical
hankering
intent
appetent
spirited
lively
desiring
ambitious
pining
dedicated
wholehearted
vehement
interested
energetic
animated
keyed up
restless
breathless
devoted
fervid
vivacious
mad keen
obsessed
fired up
wishing
ready and willing
raring to go
committed
earnest
stirred
hopeful
intense
feverish
perfervid
sprightly
ebullient
covetous
determined
on fire
as keen as mustard
motivated
mad
exhilarated
driven
nutty
high
hot to trot
high-spirited
rarin' to go
inspired
aroused
moved
assiduous
stimulated
diligent
intent on
hoping
itchy
wishful
expectant
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
impassioned
on tenterhooks
inclined
exuberant
desirous of
worked up
dying to
fierce
waiting with bated breath
industrious
delirious
pleased
animate
titillated
conscientious
warmblooded
unrestrained
zestful
potty
charged
insatiable
daft
delighted
warm
grasping
acquisitive
hearty
ravenous
awakened
amenable
prepared
restive
disposed
rapacious
gone on
pumped up
hankering after
active
all agog
itching for
on pins and needles
juiced up
geared up
dying for
cranked up
beside oneself
in suspense
approving
enamouredUK
touched
electrified
elated
atingle
edgy
striving
very keen
chafing
straining
curious
avaricious
enamoredUS
enthralled
lusting
vigorous
dotty
enamoured of
nutso
hot for
smitten with
infatuated with
devoted to
panting
rabid
gotta have
in love with
very keen on
hooked on
fiery
dynamic
straining at the leash
up
manic
fascinated
passional
all a-gog
heated
set
rhapsodic
aflame
wacky
forceful
tantalizedUS
concerned
afire
unqualified
frantic
raving
frenzied
uproarious
hysterical
bone-dry
cottonmouthed
sapless
juiceless
frenetic
hung up
habitual
happy
unreluctant
engaged
diehard
glad
fain
inquisitive
gaga
tantalisedUK
bugged
zesty
set on
bent on
fevered
disorderly
untrammeledUS
tumultuous
untrammelledUK
turnt
red-hot
aggressive
proactive
bullish
banzai
minded
longing for
hoping for
consumed with desire
self-starting
effervescent
uncontrollable
in a frenzy
atremble
aquiver
keen on
unruly
up for
in the mood
on for
of a mind
favourably inclined
pysched up
partial to
crazy for
wild for
dry as dust
take-charge
can-do
very excited
extremely enthusiastic
anxious for
yearning for
eager for
ambitious for
angry
stirred up
crazed
amped
furious
high as a kite
full of beans
jumping up and down
spoiling for
ready for
willing for
avid for
on the edge of one's seat
predatious
gluttonous
edacious
hoggish
ravening
piggish
unsatisfied
hungered
intemperate
swinish
esurient
unfilled
insatiate
aspiring towards
prehensile
amorous
aspiring
lustful
keen for
hopeful for
envious
wigged-out
steamed up
hyperactive
thirsty for
craving for
greedy for
ravening for
wishing for
hungry for
with an appetite
covetous of
lusting after
with a yen
in need of
turned on
aspiring to
anticipatory
consumed with curiosity
waiting
expecting
awaiting
anticipant
anticipating
agape
watchful
apprehensive
on edge
with bated breath
alert
looking for
anticipative
vigilant
waiting on
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Empty or not occupied
bare
barren
empty
desolate
stark
void
bleak
desert
vacant
arid
devoid
exposed
mean
wanting
bankrupt
bereft
blank
clean
defoliated
denuded
deserted
destitute
dry
forestless
lunar
scarce
toom
treeless
vacuous
waste
scanty
unfruitful
unfurnished
uninhabited
unoccupied
unproductive
unprotected
unsheltered
unshielded
unwooded
poor
without vegetation
emptied
drained
unfilled
containing nothing
scant
deprived
shy
without contents
short
finished
consumed
spent
dissipated
squandered
expended
gone
impoverished
sapped
wasted
used up
all gone
at an end
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion
inconclusive
ambiguous
indecisive
unsettled
vague
indeterminate
indefinite
open
uncertain
undetermined
debatable
moot
unconfirmed
unconvincing
undecided
unproved
unresolved
deficient
groundless
inadequate
incomplete
proving nothing
questionable
resolving nothing
uneventful
unfateful
unfinished
unfounded
unsatisfactory
unsatisfying
unsound
leaving matters open
left hanging
not yet established
up in the air
still open to doubt
still open to question
between sixes and sevens
tentative
enigmatic
obscure
hypothetical
conjectural
unascertained
indistinct
hesitant
suppositional
wavering
unproven
theoretical
flimsy
cryptic
academic
notional
apocryphal
vacillating
unreliable
open to discussion
opaque
ill-defined
presumptive
on thin ice
contended
abstruse
inexplicit
enigmatical
arcane
uncommitted
uncompleted
hanging
of two minds
insecure
open to argument
at risk
unverified
unprovable
marginal
spurious
occult
dicey
untrustworthy
unforeseeable
hairy
incalculable
risky
mysterious
not obvious
unfinalized
under examination
hanging by a thread
precarious
sketchy
murky
hidden
nebulous
under advisement
shadowy
undisclosed
supposed
assumed
improbable
unlikely
indistinguishable
concealed
putative
implausible
unrealistic
fanciful
blear
unthinkable
incredible
preposterous
fantastic
imagined
ridiculous
absurd
unbelievable
academical
presumed
conjectured
theoretic
unapt
hesitating
cagey
unreal
imaginary
loath
scepticalUK
reticent
indisposed
far-fetched
unconvinced
disinclined
concocted
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
presupposed
provisory
guessed
made up
casual
assumptive
stochastic
suppositious
proposed
pretending
postulated
long shot
fat chance
distrustful
reluctant
loth
leery
cagy
difficult to believe
hard to swallow
beyond the bounds of possibility
scarcely credible
unsavouryUK
skepticalUS
trustless
diffident
fly-by-night
unsavoryUS
questioning
unassured
mistrustful
untrusty
in a quandary
in a dilemma
in two minds
on the horns of a dilemma
more ❯
Adjective
▲
With empty pockets
empty-handed
unsuccessful
defeated
frustrated
thwarted
unrewarded
wanting
unprovided for
with nothing
with empty pockets
Adjective
▲
Not balanced
unbalanced
unstable
unsteady
irregular
shaky
wobbly
asymmetric
asymmetrical
crooked
disproportionate
off-balance
top-heavy
treacherous
unsymmetrical
not even
not balanced
out of whack
uneven
lopsided
skewed
unequal
askew
squint
tilting
awry
off-centre
skew
tilted
distorted
aslant
twisted
bent
askance
angled
curved
disorderly
turned
at an angle
deformed
contorted
wry
grotesque
abnormal
monstrous
disfigured
bandy
shapeless
hunchbacked
buckled
on one side
zigzag
canted
askant
off beam
out of kilter
not straight
sloped
inclined
diagonal
off course
incorrect
afield
astray
inappropriate
muddled
badly
slant
crookedly
not as it should be
lopsidedly
obliquely
inclining
cater-cornered
graded
cant
raked
dissymmetrical
madcap
cross-eyed
off the beam
barmy
ridiculous
outlandish
strabismic
potty
cam
ludicrous
unevenly
catty-cornered
kitty-corner
asymmetrically
wonkily
unsymmetrically
diverging
pitching
strained
tipped
wrong
squiffily
off centre
on the skew
at an oblique angle
catawampus
topsy-turvey
knotted
on the bias
ugly
yaw ways
crippled
ungainly
unshapely
unsightly
ill-made
mangled
blemished
bowed
damaged
disjointed
marred
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without or lacking in
innocent
free
bereft
clear
devoid
nescient
void
empty
ignorant
unaware
clean
immaculate
unblemished
uncontaminated
undefiled
unfilled with
unmarked
unmarred
unspotted
unsullied
untarnished
without
clean-handed
lacking in
unfamiliar with
untouched by
unacquainted with
Preposition
▲
In the absence of
failing
notwithstanding
wanting
if not
without
in default of
in the absence of
minus
sans
absent
excluding
devoid of
excepting
deprived of
bereft of
in need of
destitute of
less
short of
exclusive of
with the exception of
subtracting
with a reduction of
with the subtraction of
not including
reduced by
take away
needing
requiring
not having
wanting for
shorn of
w/o
with no
starved of
Preposition
▲
With, or to, the exclusion of
except
bar
excluding
saving
barring
but
excepting
omitting
save
besides
apart from
other than
aside from
beside
exclusive of
leaving out
outside
outside of
but for
forbye
not including
except for
exempting
minus
not counting
rejecting
without
if not
not for
short of
with the exception of
with the exclusion of
with the omission of
in addition to
as well as
to say nothing of
not to mention
more ❯
Noun
▲
With an insufficiency of
short of
missing
wanting
deficient in
lacking in
low on
minus
short on
wanting in
in need of
pushed for
strapped for
with an insufficiency of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a need for something
in the market for
in need of
wishing to buy
desiring
seeking
wanting
wishing for
needing
requiring
craving
pining for
yearning for
longing for
crying out for
having need of
wanting for
standing in need of
feeling the want of
“I lack funds for purchasing a new pair of shoes.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be without or deficient in something
falling short of
missing
going without
having insufficient
not having
“I lack the height or athleticism to become a professional basketball player.”
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