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Adjective
▲
Of low or inferior quality
inferior
bad
poor
substandard
lousy
average
cheap
mediocre
paltry
shabby
shoddy
sorry
tawdry
base
hack
junky
middling
miserable
ordinary
reject
rotten
rubbishy
sleazy
terrible
tinpot
trashy
unsatisfactory
cheesy
coarse
common
execrable
imperfect
poxy
ropy
sad
schlock
schlocky
tinhorn
trumpery
useless
worthless
wretched
bodger
bum
cheapjack
déclassé
duff
gimcrack
junk
lemon
mean
poorer
worse
poopy
tatty
below standard
low-quality
poor-quality
second-rate
low-rent
second-class
sub-par
two-bit
bush-league
piss-poor
cut-rate
good-for-nothing
not up to par
not up to scratch
bargain-basement
dime-a-dozen
twopenny-halfpenny
el cheapo
not up to snuff
not good enough
a dime a dozen
of a sort
shameful
shocking
despicable
foul
disgusting
abhorrent
hostile
ignoble
sickening
dishonourableUK
dishonorableUS
critical
unfit
nauseous
disreputable
petty
scandalous
ugly
adverse
grievous
discreditable
unfriendly
nauseating
inexpert
unfavorableUS
noisome
incapable
ignominious
unfavourableUK
counterproductive
negative
grave
untoward
antagonistic
inimical
measly
awkward
horrifying
evil
obscene
crass
inapt
degenerate
unsavouryUK
bungling
disapproving
snide
currish
unsympathetic
disconcerting
unimportant
inefficacious
unsavoryUS
powerless
harsh
disquieting
low-minded
sick
forbidding
a dead loss
knocked together
slapdash
troublesome
disturbing
alarming
hairy
fulsome
noxious
inhospitable
unhappy
damaging
sneaking
inconsequential
inexpedient
contrary
unskilful
monstrous
excruciating
heartbreaking
jerrybuilt
infelicitous
corrupt
unbearable
tragic
unproficient
immoral
pointless
futile
raffish
wicked
unavailing
meaningless
heinous
unproductive
nugatory
unsuited
servile
unusable
inutile
failing
bogus
nothing
sterile
unprofitable
profitless
barren
unessential
waste
abandoned
adversarial
troubling
uncultured
crook
off-colour
discomforting
horrific
worrisome
irksome
adversary
off colour
unsophisticated
unsuccessful
untimely
severe
agonizingUS
stressful
daunting
unsettling
traumatic
perturbing
unpalatable
torturous
out of sorts
inauspicious
hamstrung
feckless
disadvantageous
injurious
opposing
disavowing
discouraging
unflattering
uncomplimentary
serious
dangerous
unlucky
wanky
distressful
agitating
difficult
doleful
bitter
unpropitious
perilous
catastrophic
inopportune
tormenting
grisly
fraught
macabre
troublous
frightening
nightmarish
no-account
antipathetic
prejudicial
jaundiced
senseless
tremendous
parlous
broken
painful
sinful
unqualified
tragical
cruel
bleak
gloomy
iniquitous
threatening
ominous
degraded
unpromising
worrying
afflictive
indelicate
harrowing
unfitted
naysaying
counter
derisory
uncouth
hurtful
galling
agonisingUK
vicious
empty
impolite
debased
dishonest
mournful
opprobrious
unprincipled
depressing
blameworthy
infamous
ridiculous
inconvenient
from hell
unladylike
malapropos
ungentlemanly
ill-advised
graceless
silly
no-good
very poor
unseasonable
affecting
uncool
ill-disposed
god-awful
inproficient
drossy
unable to do something for toffee
under the weather
beyond contempt
fumbling
ne'er-do-well
piteous
not so good
lesser
dicey
tricky
well below par
wet
melancholy
inexcusable
unscrupulous
risky
precarious
acute
hazardous
unforgivable
backwards
dissatisfying
sickly
invalid
weakly
unequal
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
cataclysmic
underwhelming
reprobate
dissolute
minor
destructive
unpardonable
unconscionable
foolish
overwhelming
dolorous
not cutting it
maladroit
humble
slavish
poverty-stricken
unable to do something to save one's life
anticlimactic
rueful
absurd
ludicrous
foolish-looking
unjustifiable
despisable
disdainable
brash
less than ideal
sparse
slender
unfulfilling
cowardly
plebeian
lowly
criminal
not much chop
disparaging
ailing
bathetic
uninteresting
craven
villainous
hateworthy
irredeemable
irretrievable
tinsel
glittering
loud
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
tardy
late
unadvantageous
discommodious
opposed
inadvisable
swinish
off-form
beggarly
not oneself
outcast
disillusioning
unwell
unchivalrous
shameless
found wanting
not acceptable
bereft
too little
not okay
scant
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
leaving a lot to be desired
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
unskillful
unable
cack-handed
ham-fisted
lacking ability
unskilled
uncultivated
ill-mannered
vexatious
lurid
sedate
unendurable
small-time
fruitless
no use
saddening
afflicting
yukky
unbecoming
indecorous
vulnerable
losing
not equal to
ineligible
naive
not up to something
unequal to the task
frail
butterfingers
inexperienced
disqualified
unequipped
not up to it
not up to
dependent
not equal to something
hollow
boorish
uncivilizedUS
anguished
heartrending
unlovely
unpleasing
concerning
sorrowful
uncongenial
chaffy
vain
null
banal
of no benefit
bootless
unfructuous
to no avail
menacing
undignified
unbefitting
roughneck
unmannered
clodhopping
incult
oafish
unpolished
cloddish
churlish
lowbred
illiberal
uncivilisedUK
brutish
slobbish
mannerless
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
moderate
festy
malfunctioning
perverse
incongruous
incorrect
inapposite
unapt
yucko
gnarly
not worth a hill of beans
incomplete
non-functioning
inoperative
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
OK
forgettable
immaterial
vanilla
amateur
fair-to-middling
injured
unhealthy
on the bum
abnormal
blemished
gone wrong
unfinished
in disrepair
seconds
on the blink
unreliable
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 ❯
“We stayed in the lakeside lodge, which is essentially a standard low-grade motel room, albeit with a great view.”
Adjective
▲
Of a low intensity or severity
mild
moderate
light
weak
medium
tempered
tepid
benign
gentle
vanilla
bland
mellow
nonabrasive
soft
tender
breezy
nothing
wimpy
balmy
temperate
warm
clement
soothing
equable
delicate
genial
favorableUS
ho-hum
fine
nothing much
agreeable
fair
summery
bright
peaceful
placid
serene
quiet
subdued
muted
pleasing
refreshing
cloudless
sunshiny
restful
faint
unclouded
tame
zephyr-like
sunlit
calmative
hushed
muffled
softened
lenient
dry
halcyon
radiant
brilliant
without a cloud in the sky
rainless
delectable
sultry
healthy
wholesome
salubrious
health-giving
forgiving
caressing
healthful
nonirritant
perfumed
scented
fragrant
softening
calming
relieving
easing
summerlike
tropical
moist
sensitive
pacific
slow
feeble
sedative
slight
meek
stifled
reserved
deliberate
beautiful
moonlit
sunbeamy
starlit
shiny
graceful
indistinct
nice
propitious
palliative
diminished
still
low-pitched
low
silent
close-mouthed
hushful
low-keyed
good
alleviatory
alleviating
alleviative
unthreatening
clarion
smiling
undarkened
soft-spoken
easeful
mitigative
mitigatory
balsamic
paregoric
more ❯
“Physical examination showed low-grade fever and a slightly tender, markedly enlarged spleen.”
Adjective
▲
Artificial, especially of a poor quality
ersatz
artificial
substitute
bogus
fake
false
faux
imitation
mock
simulated
synthetic
sham
man-made
counterfeit
manufactured
pretend
pretended
pseudo
spurious
forged
phoneyUK
plastic
reproduction
so-called
dummy
fabricated
facsimile
factitious
imitative
inferior
low-quality
mimic
poor-quality
replica
shoddy
unnatural
adulterated
substandard
unsatisfactory
copied
gingerbread
phonyUS
knock off
staged
hollow
off
illogical
overdone
stilted
worthless
unsubstantiated
baseless
misguided
trumped up
sophistic
exaggerated
tricky
actorly
stiff
illusive
without foundation
cheating
unconvincing
dodgy
way off
lying
in error
dissembling
studied
double-dealing
unreliable
equivocal
ambiguous
groundless
unproven
disingenuous
unsupported
ungrounded
overripe
mad
unreasoned
duplicitous
dicey
reasonless
iffy
hypocritical
wooden
treacherous
underhand
overworked
ham
hammy
crafty
guileful
out
off beam
bad
shady
sharp
quack
vain
catchy
full of holes
shifty
unscrupulous
imposturous
imitated
constrained
mendacious
unprincipled
fast
underhanded
rogue
self-conscious
plausible
nugatory
economical with the truth
bootlegged
unreasonable
rehearsed
unverified
dubious
legendary
unauthenticated
doubtful
questionable
irrational
unqualified
uncanonical
glib
miniature
derivative
illusionary
overblown
cooked up
debatable
confusing
elaborate
planned
evasive
prepared
mythological
allonymous
amiss
misinformed
unfactual
nonfactual
mealymouthed
posed
off the mark
contrary to fact
terminologically inexact
campy
foundationless
casuistical
lookalike
not accurate
not exact
posey
not true
ill-founded
uncorroborated
unstraightforward
theatrical
wide of the mark
awry
askew
defective
abroad
off target
unspontaneous
voulu
manipulated
far-fetched
fixed
recherche
mock-up
conceited
melodramatic
affectated
awkward
playacting
fraud
not the case
without basis
off base
way out
charlatan
bluffing
shammed
masked
impostrous
in name only
covered
concealed
dissimulated
sly
sneaky
cunning
untrustworthy
scheming
misconceived
null
wrong number
all wet
all off
perfidious
Machiavellian
bewildering
distracting
perplexing
mistakable
demagogic
confounding
puzzling
way off beam
empty
ostentatious
likely
captious
colorable
presumable
credible
probable
sophisticated
flattering
presumptive
idle
insubstantial
quixotic
null and void
void
nonvalid
nonbinding
inoperative
subtle
slippery
foxy
overly planned
wreck
uptight
taut
farfetched
wired
put
unglued
tight
choked
slim
hollow-hearted
seemingly correct
not binding
uncollectible
rigid
inflexible
bound
begrudging
coercive
grudging
binding
conscripted
slave
stringent
forcible
double-faced
Punic
false-hearted
in a state
hard put
nervous wreck
strung out
at end of rope
plausible but wrong
apparently right
insidious
rascal
roguish
designing
serpentine
oblique
slick
astucious
indirect
wily
acted
swindling
criminal
corrupt
illicit
dishonourableUK
unlawful
Janus-faced
defrauding
unfair
dirty
unjust
unethical
shonky
knavish
bamboozling
dishonorableUS
against the law
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a low rank or position in a particular hierarchy
low-ranking
inferior
junior
lesser
lower
minor
secondary
subordinate
lowly
lower-ranking
low
smaller
second-string
subservient
humble
base
degrading
humdrum
mean
demeaning
menial
second-class
sorry
subsidiary
servile
ignominious
ancillary
second-rate
second-fiddle
less
not so important
proletarian
lowborn
lumpen
vulgar
unwashed
low-life
prole
trivial
inconsequential
inconsiderable
trifling
negligible
slight
marginal
poor
piddling
light
obscure
dependent
casual
peripheral
working-class
two-bit
simple
peasant
declassed
picayune
nugatory
nickel-and-dime
fiddling
minute
frivolous
incidental
lower-grade
low-class
minus
Mickey Mouse
déclassé
modest
penny-ante
meek
submissive
inessential
piffling
footling
popular
subject
irrelevant
foolish
tributary
shoestring
tacky
of little account
limited
plain
below the mark
average
diminished
low-bred
gentle
mild
niggling
immaterial
commonplace
dutiful
docile
nether
non-essential
lowlife
satellite
mundane
withdrawing
everyday
retiring
reverential
prosaic
nominal
blue-singlet
deficient
twopenny-halfpenny
insubstantial
piddly
pimping
no-account
chicken
peanut
pettifogging
low-level
plebby
beggarly
collateral
lower rung
cast down
scratch
shallow
de minimis
cheap
inconsequent
not worth mentioning
of no account
of low birth
unknown
lightweight
second-best
dishonourableUK
dishonorableUS
tinier
crude
little-known
petite
cloth-cap
lessened
bourgeois
restricted
little known
philistine
substandard
minimal
bush
tangential
democratic
people's
grassroots
underprivileged
tiny
smalltime
declassé
unrefined
severe
rough
unremarkable
minuscule
token
substract
inappreciable
derisory
unsophisticated
traditional
banal
conventional
pedestrian
second class
second choice
sparse
slender
uncouth
unfit
sordid
pathetic
niggardly
mingy
poxy
exiguous
a notch under
small-bore
unsubstantial
fewer
lower than
unconsiderable
not worth bothering about
shortened
of low rank
of lesser importance than
less important than
negative
depressed
declined
feeding
shoot
side
worthless
not so great
deprived
extraneous
not so much
pointless
superficial
not as great
frothy
meaningless
of little consequence
of little importance
zero
useless
zilch
of no importance
tinpot
nonessential
zip
nothing
of no moment
of no consequence
null
indifferent
unnecessary
second best
captive
subjugated
no great shakes
not worth speaking of
mean-minded
petty-minded
controlled
neither here nor there
beside the point
of no great concern
governed
obedient
enslaved
ruled
liable
vulnerable
accountable
disposed
susceptible
at one's feet
in danger of
bound by
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Average, or below average, in quality
common
mediocre
banal
characterless
hackneyed
nondescript
passable
pedestrian
stale
trite
wearisome
worn-out
formulaic
insipid
so-so
stereotypical
tedious
tired
unexciting
unimaginative
uninspired
uninteresting
weariful
stereotyped
commonplace
unoriginal
stock
overworked
overused
corny
fuddy-duddy
more ❯
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