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What is another word for
poor
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Adjective
Having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably
Characterized by low quality or standard
Marked by a low amount or deficiency
(
environment
)
Lacking in something essential for growth
(
followed by in
)
Lacking or having a shortage in
(
attributive to a person or animal
)
Marked by pity or sympathy
Not producing any significant or desired effect
Humble in position or status
Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste
Lacking any form of defense
Worse or not as good in quality or state
Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
Having no (fixed) place to live
Done or performed without method or care
Determiner
Emphasizing insignificance
Noun
Working people with least money
Deprived or poor
A person without money or who is in financial difficulty
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Adjective
▲
Having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably
bankrupt
broke
moneyless
penniless
necessitous
beggarly
penurious
impecunious
indigent
needy
needful
destitute
underprivileged
deprived
bust
insolvent
strapped
fortuneless
skint
unprosperous
famished
threadbare
pauperized
beggared
as poor as a church mouse
badly off
bad off
behind eight ball
cleaned out
craptastic
dirt poor
dirt-poor
down and out
down-and-out
down at heel
empty-handed
flat broke
hard up
impoverished
in debt
in need
in penury
in reduced circumstances
in straitened circumstances
in the red
in want
low-income
low-paid
on one's beam-ends
on one's uppers
on the breadline
on the rocks
poverty-stricken
short of money
stone broke
stony broke
stony-broke
strapped for cash
truly needy
unable to make ends meet
without a penny
without a penny to one's name
without a sou
without two brass farthings to rub together
without two farthings to rub together
without two pennies to rub together
disadvantaged
ruined
out at elbows
in Queer Street
out of pocket
down on luck
distressed
boracic
short
wanting
lacking
pinched
flat
without a red cent
unfortunate
without a brass farthing
cashless
struggling
boracic lint
without a bean
straitened
depressed
unable to keep the wolf from the door
stone-broke
reduced
stony
homeless
busted
dead broke
tapped out
on skid row
without two pennies farthings to rub together
unlucky
broken
suffering
handicapped
economically disadvantaged
have-not
in distress
wiped out
in the gutter
on the bread line
in Chapter 11
up against it
in need of
on one's beam ends
without a shot in one's locker
poor as a church mouse
hard-pressed
in a bad way
ill-supplied
ill-furnished
economically deprived
financially disadvantaged
bankrupted
unfavored
pathetic
crippled
out of money
abject
severe
difficult
hurting
unaffluent
shabby
seedy
extremely poor
clean
scanty
low
meager
US
meagre
UK
indebted
overdrawn
unmoneyed
impencunious
stranded
discriminated against
unprivileged
over a barrel
without a dime
on last leg
down to last cent
down-at-heel
miserably poor
financially poor
very poor
down to last penny
in distressed circumstances
impaired
hindered
in great need
in dire circumstances
out of cash
rundown
derelict
denuded
bereft
neglected
forlorn
without money
underserved
dispossessed
hapless
financially distressed
in financial difficulties
financially embarrassed
not having two pennies to rub together
not having two farthings to rub together
without means of support
short of cash
beaten
vagabond
defeated
outcast
finished
vagrant
poverty-ridden
on the skids
in the poorhouse
out of funds
on the streets
in dire straits
ill-fated
ill-starred
on the dole
signing on
slummy
ghetto
ghost
shanty
run down
run-down
skid row
more ❯
“After Larry's company had the misfortune of going under, he became
poor
.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by low quality or standard
substandard
bad
deficient
defective
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
valueless
weak
worthless
grotty
crumby
dissatisfactory
lame
lousy
suboptimal
subpar
common
craptacular
cheap
cheapjack
cheesy
coarse
gimcrack
junky
schlock
schlocky
sleazy
trumpery
direful
egregious
middling
lacking
bargain-basement
cut-rate
el cheapo
a load of pants
less-than-stellar
under par
below average
below par
low-rent
below standard
not up to scratch
not up to standard
weak sauce
pathetic
paltry
sorry
wanting
woeful
punk
useless
wrong
bush-league
off
nasty
wack
horrible
hopeless
abominable
bush
base
poxy
pitiable
ill
low-quality
sour
contemptible
unsound
mean
tawdry
flimsy
disgraceful
laughable
not up to snuff
disagreeable
tacky
cruddy
two-bit
low
chronic
vile
poor-quality
distressing
second-class
grim
shameful
sucky
unpleasant
horrendous
very bad
foul
meagre
UK
meager
US
not up to par
detestable
ratty
sordid
objectionable
inept
junk
seedy
loathsome
average
ghastly
disastrous
flawed
lemon
horrid
God-awful
subnormal
sub-par
godawful
thin
hostile
dirty
dime-a-dozen
unbelievable
grievous
implausible
unconvincing
displeasing
ordinary
not up to much
hellacious
despicable
inconceivable
insubstantial
bleak
incompetent
leaving much to be desired
dodgy
shocking
offensive
grubby
trifling
distasteful
gross
unworthy
tenuous
grungy
ineffectual
unpersuasive
dilapidated
rough
revolting
odious
run-down
squalid
unfortunate
incredible
scruffy
beastly
horrifying
grave
bodger
pedestrian
disgusting
improbable
scurvy
calamitous
cheap and nasty
shallow
uncomfortable
ramshackle
poor quality
repulsive
good-for-nothing
critical
indifferent
unfavorable
US
unimpressive
hideous
questionable
regrettable
not much cop
intolerable
unexceptional
repugnant
neglected
tragic
hack
troublesome
disconcerting
sketchy
harsh
forbidding
ineffective
stinking
déclassé
pits
downmarket
threadbare
gloomy
disquieting
insignificant
poorer
unfavourable
UK
garbage
sick
unpalatable
amateurish
adverse
no good
dubious
abhorrent
tumbledown
unsuitable
godforsaken
vapid
disturbing
unfriendly
dingy
cheapo
from hunger
heartbreaking
negative
slipshod
tame
monstrous
unspeakable
flat
troubling
impoverished
decrepit
tinhorn
severe
the pits
yucky
excruciating
horrific
depressing
gruesome
distressful
doleful
sombre
UK
piteous
stressful
bitter
cheerless
discouraging
piddling
broken-down
negligible
uninspired
second rate
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
unsettling
torturous
unlikely
desolate
unsubstantial
difficult
poorly
sickening
low-end
poverty-stricken
repellent
mangy
somber
US
hairy
doubtful
tragical
nauseous
dishonorable
US
dumpy
ignominious
rundown
tatterdemalion
dishonourable
UK
nightmarish
scrubby
slight
fraught
scabby
faint
dreary
cruel
disreputable
timeworn
tattered
discomforting
worrisome
irksome
impaired
discreditable
unbearable
run down
unsympathetic
far-fetched
damaged
disapproving
agonizing
US
daunting
traumatic
perturbing
half-baked
suspect
forlorn
galling
drab
down at heel
moth-eaten
half-pie
bloodless
spiritless
agitating
uninviting
beat-up
drear
unhappy
dog-eared
not good enough
nauseating
down-at-the-heels
half-hearted
bombed-out
glum
down-at-heel
ailing
anemic
US
inane
antagonistic
low-down
tormenting
grisly
macabre
troublous
frightening
solemn
comfortless
anaemic
UK
injurious
depressive
painful
outrageous
awkward
superficial
indefensible
scummy
inhospitable
damnable
hard
unsatisfying
harrowing
frail
heartrending
pale
untenable
rickety
derisory
repellant
ridiculous
brutal
inimical
petty
reprehensible
heinous
icky
minimal
piss-poor
undesirable
puny
scandalous
ignoble
unsightly
grody
unkempt
insufferable
bedraggled
naff
degenerate
agonising
UK
vulgar
vicious
insipid
bland
unsavory
US
illogical
unimaginative
thrown together
of poor quality
no-good
ugly
snide
currish
cheap-jack
worn-out
unsavoury
UK
tired
twopenny-halfpenny
careless
no great shakes
slummy
unreasonable
weakly
crook
wishy-washy
disheartening
lifeless
unflattering
uncomplimentary
sickly
hateful
sullen
morose
makeshift
untoward
low-minded
ominous
absurd
ludicrous
vague
commonplace
threatening
senseless
joyless
gaudy
faded
desperate
unwell
little
depressed
clumsy
inauspicious
sneaking
transparent
fragile
inefficient
filthy
alarming
off-colour
UK
inexpert
jaundiced
perilous
damaging
corrupt
improper
off colour
out of sorts
remote
obnoxious
failing
fanciful
iniquitous
contrary
amiss
silly
indigent
inconsiderable
stark
savage
oppressed
rueful
unpromising
insalubrious
worrying
parlous
naysaying
hurtful
inappropriate
fatuous
found wanting
cheapie
decaying
servile
decayed
of low quality
badly built
pallid
limited
off-color
US
for the birds
rinky-dink
frivolous
of a sort
ruinous
harmful
preposterous
impotent
irrational
dull
distressed
restricted
adversarial
wishful
a dime a dozen
worse for wear
negligent
uncultured
groundless
bungling
adversary
etiolated
dark
measly
colourless
UK
hollow
lowbrow
unsophisticated
trivial
untimely
unpropitious
inadmissible
disadvantageous
lurid
queasy
powerless
catchpenny
characterless
immoral
destitute
scuzzy
unrefined
garbagy
opposing
disavowing
enervated
reject
serious
dangerous
colorless
US
shaky
upsetting
insupportable
indisposed
slim
strictly for the birds
inopportune
slovenly
nauseated
unstable
unprincipled
sorrowful
tender
incomplete
wicked
worn
fantastic
specious
inconvenient
ragged
nonsensical
uninteresting
unlucky
inglorious
sepulchral
scungy
prosaic
end-of-the-pier
unrealistic
frayed
fishy
antipathetic
prejudicial
slender
mournful
corny
anguished
menial
tremendous
incredulous
uncompelling
broken
airy
risky
pointless
stupid
distant
lonesome
elegiacal
derelict
fallacious
infelicitous
slapdash
unexciting
pitiless
ruthless
merciless
foolish-looking
unseasonable
run-of-the-mill
scurrilous
evil
irremediable
infamous
unpolished
meretricious
noisome
unsuited
wacky
nutty
untidy
afflictive
unseemly
not good
morbid
counter
low quality
unhealthy
debased
dishonest
undistinguished
degraded
rancid
droopy
dud
blah
jerrybuilt
from hell
crass
gut-wrenching
scarcely credible
skanky
not acceptable
outside
unthinkable
unimaginable
disgustful
loathly
hard to believe
ruined
ill-advised
not convincing
deteriorated
vacuous
hard to swallow
down-and-out
deteriorating
affecting
kitsch
scroungy
minor-league
minor league
ill-disposed
pinchbeck
Brummagem
brassy
degenerated
disfigured
bare
raunchy
small potatoes
god-awful
knocked together
gone to seed
entry-level
bottom-rung
under the weather
difficult to believe
two a penny
dime-store
not satisfying
beyond contempt
fumbling
reduced
vigourless
inexcusable
phony
US
second-best
cheeseball
weak-kneed
dissatisfying
unskilful
unforgivable
sparing
inappreciable
ungrounded
baseless
lesser
second class
wanky
halfhearted
dicey
throwaway
ropey
low-class
unfashionable
shlock
shlocky
brummagem
twopenny
patchy
overwhelming
unpardonable
unconscionable
impermissible
bogus
nugatory
plastic
pretentious
phoney
UK
tinpot
light
tough
oppressive
sinful
unscrupulous
controvertible
commiserable
austere
precarious
acute
hazardous
backwards
under-strength
hellish
rebarbative
catastrophic
cataclysmic
worse
derisible
in poor condition
scrappy
outclassed
underwhelming
unjustifiable
depraved
rugged
trying
nefarious
low in quality
downer
bummer
erroneous
diddly
inexpedient
poopy
well below par
small-time
glaring
minor
not up to expectations
disadvantaged
deprived
reprobate
dissolute
onerous
criminal
opprobrious
not cutting it
less than ideal
flagrant
not the best
bad news
anticlimactic
burdensome
maladroit
sinister
heavy
despisable
disdainable
dour
taxing
humble
slavish
flagitious
third string
second string
second fiddle
unfulfilling
shambly
unmaintained
small
cowardly
to be pitied
destructive
ragtag
sparse
off-form
messy
very poor
stinky
battered
old
raggedy
bathetic
stiff
sloppy
crumbling
shacky
sticky
gunky
gungy
rank
mucky
a dead loss
villainous
hateworthy
needy
debauched
inhuman
fantastical
disparaging
worn out
dowdy
well worn
disillusioning
unable to do something for toffee
swinish
beyond the pale
beggarly
outcast
leaving a lot to be desired
indelicate
plebeian
lowly
bereft
too little
not okay
scant
irredeemable
irretrievable
slumlike
dishevelled
UK
disheveled
US
decadent
impure
seamy
unconceivable
strained
weighty
warby
raggedy-ass
marginal
iffy
searing
malapropos
unfit
discommodious
murderous
falling apart at the seams
out at elbows
the worse for wear
having seen better days
poorly maintained
ponderous
labored
US
laboured
UK
forced
underprivileged
hardhanded
louche
sleazoid
avaricious
opposed
falling short
backbreaking
exiguous
treacherous
not all it's cracked up to be
strange
full of it
cock-and-bull
beyond belief
hard to take
unadvantageous
inadvisable
botched
fumbled
self-seeking
mercenary
calculated
venal
covetous
hefty
condemnable
out
inacceptable
bleached
waxlike
haggard
pasty
gray
US
white
waxen
wan
grey
UK
livid
sallow
ashen
dim
ashy
whitish
cadaverous
spectral
deathlike
washed-out
doughy
watery
blanched
fulsome
obscene
noxious
peaky
tiny
rough going
faltering
festy
dumbed down
low cost
ghetto
shanty
ghost
slum-like
uncared-for
gone to rack and ruin
yucko
gnarly
liverish
unnerving
discomposing
humourless
UK
annoying
humorless
US
sober
irritating
mortifying
not expected
not likely
hundred-to-one
piecemeal
contradictory
nebulous
farfetched
unsubstantiated
inconclusive
unwelcome
vexatious
sedate
unendurable
far
faraway
outlying
pot
cure
fiendish
wabbit
funny
very unpleasant
peaked
saddening
unappealing
afflicting
uncool
yukky
sick-making
scarce
peculiar
skid row
infernal
not on
won't do
incongruous
spurious
impossible
puzzling
unsustainable
unsupportable
false
invalid
irreconcilable
obscure
unlovely
unpleasing
concerning
uncongenial
indecisive
all the worse for wear
fair
boring
peakish
disconsolate
tedious
dry
banal
dizzy
patchwork
shameless
giddy
waterish
downcast
dejected
illegitimate
unreasoning
nonrational
unfounded
unreasoned
reachy
vain
inconsequent
inconsequential
problematic
passable
moderate
lightheaded
melancholy
so-so
nerve-racking
nail-biting
heart-rending
off-putting
heart-breaking
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
uncharitable
wilting
flagging
wilted
drooping
blameworthy
wearisome
stale
trite
heartbroken
medium
dastardly
menacing
light-headed
washed out
green about the gills
not oneself
peely-wally
down
crestfallen
debilitated
lewd
won't hold water
full of holes
won't wash
off the wall
self-contradictory
tolerable
middle-of-the-road
craven
woebegone
inconsolable
downhearted
unchivalrous
infirm
foreboding
reproachful
jejune
uninspiring
workaday
everyday
adequate
unwise
sorrowing
grieving
melancholic
mourning
pieced together
jerry-rigged
ill-constructed
unremarkable
lustreless
monotonous
limp
devastated
blue
despairing
malfunctioning
run-of-the-mine
OK
unimportant
forgettable
run-of-mine
immaterial
bog-standard
vanilla
amateur
fair-to-middling
weakened
languid
saddened
brokenhearted
tiresome
humdrum
imprudent
impractical
funereal
non-functioning
inoperative
inapt
heavyhearted
despondent
lonely
choked
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
dolorous
sapped
enfeebled
incapacitated
dreich
lugubrious
saturnine
sterile
hackneyed
namby-pamby
ho-hum
milk-and-water
not so hot
of no consequence
nothing to write home about
plain vanilla
not very good
gutted
scratched
buckled
torn
not working
cracked
warped
deformed
sunless
plutonian
tenebrous
black
tenebrific
elegiac
wimpish
wimpy
valetudinarian
doddering
crippled
ill-suited
simpleminded
mindless
misguided
naive
rash
foolish
reckless
injudicious
ill-considered
hacky
barren
prosy
afflicted
helpless
bummed
hapless
dispirited
mirthless
hurting
downtrodden
buggy
not functioning
knackered
wasted
vitiated
effete
nesh
sensitive
asthenic
prostrate
susceptible
prostrated
mundane
arid
nothing
driveling
US
beige
weariful
soft
drivelling
UK
nebbish
innocuous
plain
subdued
dry as dust
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
cast down
injured
on the bum
abnormal
blemished
out of order
gone wrong
unfinished
in disrepair
seconds
on the blink
unreliable
uncultivated
uncouth
rude
ill-mannered
trembly
strengthless
doddery
delicate
sapless
low-spirited
cut up
in the pits
down in the mouth
long-faced
brainless
irresponsible
asinine
witless
unintelligent
idiotic
thoughtless
ill-fated
Cimmerian
chap-fallen
down in the dumps
common or garden
boorish
uncivilized
US
impolite
in poor health
kooky
harebrained
foolhardy
short-sighted
mad
featherbrained
aberrant
roughneck
tasteless
unmannered
clodhopping
incult
oafish
unladylike
cloddish
churlish
ungentlemanly
lowbred
raffish
illiberal
uncivilised
UK
rough-hewn
brutish
slobbish
mannerless
graceless
unmannerly
ill-bred
more ❯
“You are an upstanding guy, but it doesn't mean that you can get away with
poor
workmanship.”
Adjective
▲
Marked by a low amount or deficiency
meagre
UK
scanty
scant
paltry
limited
disappointing
restricted
reduced
modest
insufficient
inadequate
sparse
spare
deficient
negligible
insubstantial
skimpy
short
little
lean
small
slight
slender
miserable
lamentable
light
meager
US
pitiful
scarce
skimp
slim
sparing
puny
beggarly
insignificant
lowly
measly
trivial
base
contemptible
diminutive
ordinary
stingy
subnormal
trifling
pathetic
piddling
exiguous
inconsiderable
hand-to-mouth
thin
miserly
wanting
inappreciable
low
lacking
bare
derisory
tiny
scrimpy
minimal
nominal
shy
tenuous
weak
mean
in short supply
barren
sketchy
flimsy
rare
failing
mingy
not enough
thin on the ground
petty
minimum
marginal
incomplete
piffling
unfinished
bereft
picayune
shabby
destitute
ungenerous
too few
too little
too little too late
at a premium
few and far between
inconsequential
incommensurate
tight
unsubstantial
unproductive
frugal
unsatisfactory
few
scrimp
bitty
minute
imperfect
hard to come by
fractional
feeble
narrow
outside
faint
piddly
scattered
subtle
stunted
mere
niggling
infrequent
unfruitful
infertile
stinted
nugatory
incidental
thinning
off
devoid
too small
dispersed
smallish
remote
pitiable
frail
fragile
not to be had
hard to find
like gold dust
imperceptible
diminished
low on
short on
thinly distributed
short of
not to be had for love nor money
penurious
missing
infinitesimal
close
little bitty
laughable
lame
wispy
confined
parsimonious
junk
depleted
unsufficient
barely sufficient
fragmentary
exhaustible
dry
finite
deprived
short-handed
out of gas
economical
diffuse
on the small side
unimportant
footling
sporadic
scarcer than hen's teeth
bush-league
occasional
uncommon
unconsiderable
woeful
shoestring
sad
insipid
truncated
threatened
shortened
circumscribed
defined
definite
determinate
measured
rudimentary
patchy
basic
drained
pimping
scrubby
chicken
peanut
unqualified
worthless
minus
unfitted
incapable
unample
incompetent
strapped for
with an insufficiency of
pushed for
set
faulty
partial
ineffectual
valueless
implausible
improbable
unlikely
far-fetched
isolated
seldom met with
no-account
out of
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
dubious
questionable
doubtful
dicey
iffy
absurd
inconceivable
distant
minor
dinky
poxy
immaterial
frivolous
casual
irrelevant
unusual
minuscule
meaningless
middling
pointless
nonessential
lightweight
fiddling
sorry
wretched
of little account
nickel-and-dime
unfrequent
of no consequence
of no account
small-fry
not worth mentioning
dwindling
token
secondary
semioccasional
unwonted
lesser
odd
straggling
non-essential
intermittent
of little importance
of no importance
of little consequence
low in numbers
irregular
unaccustomed
vague
exceptional
peripheral
superficial
seldom
spasmodic
trite
mediocre
pettifogging
cut
inessential
nondescript
ignorable
out of the common
foolish
purportless
unique
unheard of
second-rate
out of the ordinary
hardly any
little or no
of minor importance
small-time
of no moment
small-bore
seldom seen
not worth speaking of
not worth bothering about
subsidiary
inferior
useless
lousy
despicable
very little
gentle
basal
less
not much
needed
smaller
next to none
next to no
silly
extraneous
senseless
just
very
only
shoddy
in the minority
seldom found
widely spaced
not hacking it
coming up short
not making it
minor-league
of no great concern
two-bit
low-ranking
no biggie
neither here nor there
two bit
all the same
small potatoes
entry level
of no significance
inappropriate
standout
singular
cheap
lilliputian
run-down
nothing more than
of little import
no more than
at a low level
erratic
uncustomary
fair
aberrated
aberrant
atypical
abnormal
aperiodic
anomalous
episodic
episodical
discontinuous
average
outré
rarefied
periodical
periodic
fitful
idle
medium
tolerable
moderate
median
unexceptional
unconventional
uncharacteristic
surprising
unexpected
everyday
microscopic
unorthodox
acceptable
passable
midsize
midsized
satisfactory
adequate
sometime
stray
penny-ante
skin-deep
beside the point
twopenny-halfpenny
intermediate
middle
once in a blue moon
cursory
perfunctory
scrappy
as scarce as hens' teeth
rough
crude
outline
imprecise
hurried
hasty
fuzzy
cramped
compact
provisional
constricted
confining
cobbled together
shallow
introductory
defective
unclear
hazy
depthless
woolly
UK
uncritical
wooly
US
preliminary
coarse
congested
squeezed
incapacious
pinched
compressed
choked
tapered
tapering
jammed
bounded
on the back of an envelope
contracted
near
straitened
narrowing
incommodious
strait
taper
pent
shrunken
fixed
narrow-gauged
more ❯
“The farmers in the East Coast have had to deal with a
poor
amount of rain recently.”
Adjective
▲
(
environment
)
Lacking in something essential for growth
unproductive
barren
unyielding
unfruitful
fruitless
uncultivatable
boney
bony
dead
depleted
desolate
infertile
stark
unfertile
waste
exhausted
bare
arid
sterile
infecund
hardscrabble
impoverished
desert
fallow
wild
dismal
bleak
windswept
inhospitable
empty
uncultivated
lean
unprolific
lifeless
dry
devastated
denuded
dreary
uncultivable
unvegetated
harsh
austere
parched
lonely
unbearing
effete
deserted
dry as dust
uninhabited
dormant
gaunt
vacant
non-fertile
without life
without living things
grim
solitary
exposed
windy
impotent
unprotected
nonreproductive
non-productive
blowy
stagnant
windblown
unsheltered
free
idle
unused
uninviting
unwelcoming
uninhabitable
treeless
raw
defoliated
forestless
unwooded
spartan
stripped
blank
isolated
deforested
weather-beaten
without vegetation
more ❯
“Our study shows that treating the
poor
soil with torrefied biomass improves a variety of factors that ultimately lead to greater plant growth.”
Adjective
▲
(
followed by in
)
Lacking or having a shortage in
deficient
lacking
wanting
short
low
insufficient
missing
scant
scarce
jejune
with an insufficiency
too few
too little
lacking in
wanting in
with too few …
with too little …
“Children who lack fruits and vegetables in their daily diet are replacing them with foods
poor
in nutrients.”
Adjective
▲
(
attributive to a person or animal
)
Marked by pity or sympathy
unfortunate
unlucky
luckless
unhappy
hapless
heartbreaking
heartrending
ill-fated
misfortunate
piteous
rueful
sorry
ill-starred
pitiable
pitiful
wretched
miserable
pathetic
lamentable
sad
distressing
deplorable
woeful
hopeless
harrowing
regrettable
tragic
afflicted
dismal
jinxed
poignant
sorrowful
doleful
grievous
moving
cursed
unfavourable
UK
heart-rending
unfavorable
US
distressful
saddening
mournful
cheerless
joyless
comfortless
out of luck
dire
touching
abject
inopportune
gut-wrenching
tear-jerking
ruined
unsuccessful
star-crossed
doomed
forsaken
destitute
unprosperous
awkward
disastrous
calamitous
upsetting
forlorn
melancholy
painful
agonizing
US
disheartening
in a bad way
desolate
affecting
bleak
gloomy
discouraging
dolorous
agonising
UK
ruthful
desperate
broken
stricken
pained
shattered
troubled
burdened
unpropitious
grim
adverse
ruinous
untoward
infelicitous
disturbing
depressing
difficult
bitter
traumatic
troublesome
appalling
shocking
disappointing
sombre
UK
somber
US
dispiriting
dreary
depressive
glum
excruciating
morose
drab
oppressive
melancholic
unpleasant
disconsolate
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
crushing
dreadful
vexatious
stirring
dejecting
dispirited
mirthless
dolesome
discomposing
commiserative
funereal
cold
plaintive
tearful
lachrymose
heart-wrenching
snakebitten
to be pitied
snakebit
untimely
hard luck
baleful
ill-omened
inept
damaging
unbecoming
unsuitable
inappropriate
terrible
uncomfortable
depressed
drear
suffering
base
distressed
ill-chosen
heartsickening
dingy
plangent
horrific
horrifying
derisible
mortifying
pensive
lugubrious
dark
frightful
emotive
emotional
haunting
heartwarming
beseeching
imploring
commiserable
entreating
inauspicious
emotionally moving
soul-stirring
disadvantageous
hard
direful
bodeful
sinistrous
baneful
ominous
bad
ill-boding
blighted
accident-prone
fateful
catastrophic
black
cataclysmic
ill-timed
tough luck
down on luck
behind eight ball
bad break
tough
too bad
worthless
sad sack
worrying
disquieting
troubling
tragical
tormenting
unsettling
perturbing
discomforting
hurtful
stressful
alarming
nasty
worrisome
afflicting
frightening
unnerving
afflictive
troublous
agitating
nagging
confronting
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
more ❯
“The
poor
boy lost his way after meandering away from his mother in the busy shopping center.”
Adjective
▲
Not producing any significant or desired effect
ineffective
ineffectual
useless
futile
fruitless
unproductive
vain
worthless
unsuccessful
pointless
unavailing
inefficacious
unprofitable
profitless
abortive
bootless
empty
inadequate
idle
hopeless
otiose
barren
failed
inefficient
nugatory
purposeless
weak
inferior
feeble
pathetic
inept
impotent
incompetent
feckless
lame
counterproductive
paltry
inutile
inexpedient
unfruitful
powerless
inoperative
null
incapable
hamstrung
unfructuous
limited
anticlimactic
unfit
unable
void
indecisive
defeasible
forceless
innocuous
neutralised
UK
neutralized
US
withered
non-successful
to no avail
to no effect
no-go
not effective
insignificant
no good
unsatisfactory
lousy
unproficient
not much cop
a dead loss
trivial
inconsequential
trifling
inexpert
negligible
valueless
petty
deficient
meaningless
measly
unskilful
unqualified
piddling
insufficient
unimportant
defective
inapt
unfitted
unusable
sterile
pants
rotten
rubbish
nothing
miserable
unessential
waste
trashy
wretched
abandoned
bogus
ignoble
mediocre
bad
duff
inproficient
not good enough
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
leaving much to be desired
lacking
amateurish
unequal
wanting
substandard
imperfect
faulty
picayune
pimping
piffling
nominal
niggling
piddly
inconsiderable
chicken
peanut
slight
footling
minute
not much chop
no great shakes
awful
dreadful
terrible
appalling
frightful
atrocious
de minimis
Mickey Mouse
abysmal
dire
senseless
hollow
cheap
no-account
abject
drossy
despicable
contemptible
base
very poor
very bad
chaffy
insubstantial
unable to do something to save one's life
unable to do something for toffee
a load of pants
junky
banal
wanky
silly
poxy
rubbishy
meritless
no use
no-good
of no benefit
two a penny
unskilled
unskillful
inexperienced
unequipped
disqualified
ineligible
unsuited
naive
butterfingers
not equal to
not equipped to
cack-handed
ham-fisted
not up to
lacking ability
unequal to the task
not up to it
lacking experience
not know one's arse from one's elbow
out of your depth
amateur
untrained
bungling
unprofessional
blundering
maladroit
clumsy
floundering
unprepared
dilettante
not cut out for
unsuitable
undependable
unapt
dilettantish
awkward
raw
unworkmanlike
nonprofessional
jackleg
unreliable
green
crude
bumbling
unhandy
skill-less
can't hack it
ill-equipped
cowboy
gauche
untaught
shoddy
slipshod
sloppy
unpractised
bum
botched
incapacitated
hapless
unschooled
bush-league
uncultivated
unpracticed
not cut out
incapable of
unqualified for
untalented
incompetent at
half-baked
incompatible
edentulous
improficient
inadept
hack
shiftless
loser
talentless
toothless
unstudied
bush
can't cut it
ham-handed
fumbled
heavy-handed
slapdash
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
butterfingered
bodged
untrained for
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
all thumbs
suboptimal
subpar
negligent
careless
unaccomplished
unpolished
without finesse
not qualified
all fingers and thumbs
non-qualified
not prepared
lacking finesse
helpless
uninitiated
unadapted
less capable
out to lunch
not have it
untutored
unsuited to
inadequate for
unfitted for
ignorant
unversed
unacquainted
uninformed
non-technical
not qualified for
unchartered
uneducated
unlicensed
uncertificated
non-professional
new
lay
found wanting in
insufficient for
untamed
illiterate
undisciplined
novice
nescient
wild
not trained
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Humble in position or status
lowly
humble
inferior
common
plebeian
low
proletarian
ignoble
mean
lowborn
baseborn
vulgar
lumpen
prole
unwashed
ordinary
subordinate
simple
modest
obscure
base
peasant
plain
menial
gentle
meek
mild
deprived
lower-class
low-ranking
low-life
low-born
low-bred
cast down
undistinguished
unimportant
underprivileged
meager
US
unpretentious
inconsequential
inglorious
measly
scrubby
puny
miserable
petty
meagre
UK
paltry
plebby
pitiful
average
insignificant
commonplace
rough
severe
small
unimposing
wretched
unrefined
unremarkable
trivial
unfit
beggarly
uncouth
working-class
of low birth
of low rank
crude
declassed
unambitious
limited
unaspiring
unexceptional
shabby
sordid
contemptible
humdrum
unassuming
unostentatious
inelaborate
unextravagant
demure
homely
restrained
unaffected
unadorned
unornamented
unembroidered
unexcessive
unobtrusive
token
economical
down-to-earth
abject
servile
unworthy
popular
blue-collar
low-status
low-class
déclassé
lowlife
fawning
subservient
slavish
blue-singlet
worthless
low-grade
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
cloth-cap
middling
bourgeois
second-class
traditional
unsophisticated
banal
conventional
pedestrian
grassroots
democratic
people's
second-rate
philistine
buck
declassé
obedient
ingratiating
obsequious
self-abasing
unresisting
groveling
US
obeisant
craven
sycophantic
ignominious
grovelling
UK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste
unseemly
improper
inappropriate
indecorous
unbecoming
unsuitable
disreputable
indelicate
unbefitting
undignified
unrefined
indiscreet
out of place
unfitting
unworthy
amiss
coarse
discreditable
graceless
ill-advised
impolite
inapposite
inapt
incongruous
incorrect
inept
infelicitous
malapropos
perverse
tasteless
unapt
unfit
ungentlemanly
unhappy
unladylike
untoward
wrong
cheap
crass
crude
indecent
inelegant
in poor taste
malodorous
out of keeping
raffish
rough
rowdy
rude
ruffian
shameful
tawdry
uncouth
ungodly
vulgar
in bad taste
out of the way
unacceptable
untimely
inopportune
unsuited
unseasonable
inexpedient
undue
ill-timed
unfortunate
ill-suited
awkward
tactless
offensive
unwarranted
inadvisable
uncalled-for
regrettable
inconvenient
incompatible
low
irregular
unmannerly
injudicious
unpropitious
gross
unfavorable
US
undesirable
scandalous
disadvantageous
unfavourable
UK
ill-bred
inauspicious
misplaced
ill-considered
lowbrow
ill-judged
lowbred
boorish
disgraceful
out of order
ill-mannered
uncultivated
adverse
unpolished
discourteous
uncivil
discordant
common
uncultured
inapplicable
objectionable
outrageous
immodest
disproportionate
shocking
troublesome
unreasonable
unjustifiable
rugged
beyond the pale
roughneck
incult
illiberal
lacking in propriety
unfair
discommodious
unprofessional
unlucky
churlish
uncomely
loutish
rough-hewn
clumsy
irrelevant
unsophisticated
detrimental
inharmonious
ineligible
impertinent
shameless
uncalled for
insensible
unjustified
distasteful
dishonourable
UK
yobbish
ill-fitted
ominous
unjust
unnecessary
bad form
mortifying
indefensible
calamitous
negative
demeaning
humiliating
shaming
degrading
inexcusable
threatening
disagreeable
ill-chosen
ignominious
odd
unwarrantable
destructive
misguided
uncivilized
US
gauche
unpromising
imprudent
inconsistent
unfitted
damaging
inadequate
discrepant
barbaric
inadmissible
dishonorable
US
disrespectful
bad
philistine
at odds
plebeian
ungallant
bad-mannered
opposed
ill
barbarous
cloddish
insensitive
raunchy
uncivilised
UK
out of character
immoral
debasing
cheapening
suggestive
contradictory
unceremonious
belittling
lowering
unwholesome
prejudicial
ignoble
excessive
not on
inglorious
inconducive
extraneous
deplorable
counter
harmful
rustic
inapropos
clashing
impolitic
dissonant
maladroit
premature
erroneous
preposterous
jarring
unforgivable
gratuitous
harsh
undeserved
contrary
off
oafish
early
inaccurate
groundless
abnormal
unpardonable
hooligan
provincial
ludicrous
out of line
savage
bearish
primitive
unhandsome
unconscionable
not done
disparaging
over the fence
ungenteel
ungainly
disgracious
not suitable
unhelpful
undiplomatic
unworthy of
gloomy
out-of-place
out-of-season
off-base
ungrounded
classless
gawky
hick
hillbilly
backwoods
barbarian
ignorant
ill-adapted
mistimed
clodhopping
slobbish
not cricket
raw
Neanderthal
loud
plebby
very bad
intrusive
bothersome
not proper
incommodious
trying
foul-mouthed
difficult
discommoding
loud-mouthed
unsuitable for
uncomplimentary
inappropriate to
improprietous
infra dig
loose
unvirtuous
wanton
unconventional
out-of-the-way
tacky
salacious
unlovely
insupportable
intolerable
sorry
abject
unprovoked
disappointing
funny
off-balance
unequipped
wretched
beneath you
base
lacking dignity
immaterial
incautious
untactful
exceptionable
too much
over-the-top
sickening
unwelcome
unscrupulous
irrelative
uneducated
illogical
revolting
vile
unprincipled
irrational
dreadful
unqualified
unmatched
dissident
interfering
senseless
disparate
crooked
unorthodox
stupid
incompetent
dull
slow
erring
aberrant
obstructive
not the done thing
a bit much
beneath one's dignity
wrong-headed
unsatisfactory
unfriendly
unadvantageous
inimical
hostile
antagonistic
inexpert
illiterate
common as muck
shady
ungracious
disgusting
nauseating
gaudy
not pertinent
not germane
not good enough
unhandy
jejune
undexterous
insipid
banal
inexperienced
unfacile
flat
inadept
unmeet
unproficient
unethical
inconsiderate
baseborn
absurd
inconsonant
mismatched
hasty
unprepared
low-born
low-minded
bizarre
thoughtless
dodgy
not quite the thing
unprofitable
testing
tough
disastrous
challenging
prohibitive
ridiculous
meaningless
pointless
sick
gruesome
misjudged
unmannered
naughty
ill-matched
negligent
left-field
conflicting
foot-in-mouth
way off
unrelated
badly timed
unfitting to
improper to
out of place with
out of character with
unbecoming to
unconnected
out of its element
irreconcilable
disconsonant
divergent
uncoordinated
incoherent
incongruent
inefficient
uncool
useless
ineffective
distorted
unbalanced
lopsided
alien
incongruitous
clownish
not designed
ineligible for
not equal to
inadequate for
unfitted for
not designed for
ill-adapted to
no good
not up to scratch
unequipped for
unprepared for
not good enough for
unsuited to
ill-suited to
off-key
unmerited
not in harmony
in opposition
sticking out a mile
standing out a mile
like a fish out of water
discomfiting
needless
illegitimate
unneeded
fulsome
superfluous
underhanded
sinister
illegal
false
precocious
grey
UK
disturbing
trashy
distressing
upsetting
heavy-handed
disconcerting
immoderate
inordinate
non-essential
flustering
hideous
outlandish
unclassy
gray
US
off-colour
UK
advance
too early
early on
anachronistic
out-of-date
too late
soon
a bit previous
before time
overearly
too soon
early bird
bright and early
previous
oversoon
abortive
not required
off-color
US
low-down-and-dirty
low-down
troubling
compromising
against the rules
delicate
out-of-order
toe-curling
excruciating
discomposing
dishonoring
US
discountenancing
embarrassing
dishonouring
UK
blush-making
agitating
rattling
out of turn
contrary to the rules
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Lacking any form of defense
defenseless
US
exposed
unprotected
vulnerable
unguarded
helpless
undefended
unresistant
unarmed
open
susceptible
endangered
powerless
weak
naked
indefensible
caught
frail
pigeon
wide open
hands tied
in the lurch
on the line
on the spot
out on limb
up the creek
like a sitting duck
in line of fire
like a clay pigeon
assailable
defenceless
UK
pregnable
open to attack
accessible
unsafe
unshielded
in danger
insecure
liable
attackable
unfortified
sensitive
out on a limb
sitting duck
at risk
prone
wide-open
vincible
undefendable
conquerable
tender
sucker
ready
thin-skinned
ill-protected
without arms
without weapons
in peril
in jeopardy
unpatrolled
subject
threatened
open to
susceptive
defeatable
defenceless against
vulnerable to
susceptive to
receptive to
easily hurt
laid open
without protection
left open
an easy target for
weaponless
deserted
unarmoured
unattended
unwatched
woundable
impuissant
resistless
easily damaged
easily wounded
abandoned
unfit
unsheltered
threatened with
in peril of
in danger of
laid bare
unlocked
unfastened
unsecured
unbolted
without defences
in the line of fire
easily affected by
at the mercy of
subject to
wide open to
susceptive of
in the firing line
prey to
easily destroyed
over a barrel
at-risk
exposed to risk
in danger
unsecure
disposed
permitting
imperiled
US
at risk of
jeopardized
US
disappearing
allowing of
jeopardised
UK
imperilled
UK
warned
dying out
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Worse or not as good in quality or state
worse
inferior
poorer
shoddier
direr
dodgier
grottier
hackier
junkier
lousier
poxier
ropier
sadder
shabbier
sorrier
tawdrier
trashier
of inferior quality
of poorer quality
not as good as
not so good
not as good
not as favorable
not as nice
not as pleasing
not as pleasant
badder
awfuller
terribler
wretcheder
rottener
pitifuller
miserabler
crummier
woefuller
horribler
paltrier
duffer
cheaper
nastier
uselesser
lamer
horrider
abjecter
unpleasanter
viler
graver
schlockier
beastlier
baser
faultier
ghastlier
grimmer
bummer
suckier
coarser
meagrer
UK
cruder
commoner
meagerer
US
fouler
punker
bitterer
meaner
cruddier
lower
harsher
disgustinger
wickeder
ickier
dirtier
grosser
scurvier
cheesier
crueler
weaker
feebler
painfuller
sleazier
yuckier
tattier
crumbier
sourer
wacker
seriouser
tinnier
gruesomer
severer
measlier
sordider
hatefuller
unworthier
grubbier
viciouser
grislier
ignobler
punier
tackier
stingier
unluckier
yukkier
uglier
rattier
unlovelier
dastardlier
scummier
scabbier
snider
grodier
harder
tougher
skimpier
eviller
scantier
scanter
less
beggarlier
heavier
difficulter
sombrer
UK
dolefuler
soberer
somberer
US
unhappier
smaller
hairier
extremer
rougher
pettier
cowardlier
obscener
grungier
absurder
sillier
scarier
dicier
naffer
fearfuller
raunchier
stinkier
unkinder
flimsier
seedier
shlockier
flatter
loathlier
dreader
unfairer
mournfuller
tinier
mingier
greater
wankier
riskier
acuter
profaner
unholier
gloomier
lewder
blacker
darker
awkwarder
shadier
benter
sparser
sparer
shorter
leaner
slighter
slenderer
lighter
slimmer
scarcer
lowlier
more abysmal
more appalling
more atrocious
more deficient
more deplorable
more diabolical
more direful
more dismal
more dreadful
more execrable
more flawed
more imperfect
more inadequate
more lamentable
more mediocre
more pathetic
more pitiful
more suboptimal
more subpar
more sub-par
more substandard
more terrible
more unacceptable
more unsatisfactory
more worthless
more rubbish
more abominable
more rubbishy
more second-rate
more frightful
more pants
more low-grade
more contemptible
more hopeless
more disgraceful
more egregious
more disagreeable
more laughable
more dissatisfactory
more disastrous
more chronic
more disappointing
more distressing
more wanting
more shameful
more pitiable
more grievous
more horrendous
more unfortunate
more defective
more insufficient
more objectionable
more offensive
more regrettable
more upsetting
more godawful
more odious
more subnormal
more stinking
more reprehensible
more harrowing
more below average
more horrifying
more wrong
more heinous
more intolerable
more detestable
more despicable
more ordinary
more cheapjack
more displeasing
more unbearable
more unpalatable
more unsound
more undesirable
more unwelcome
more repulsive
more insubstantial
more average
more repugnant
more monstrous
more repellent
more distasteful
more hideous
more unspeakable
more heartbreaking
more tragic
more indifferent
more middling
more disturbing
more calamitous
more ignominious
more unexceptional
more inept
more pedestrian
more tenth-rate
more bush-league
more horrific
more loathsome
more traumatic
more outrageous
more sickening
more distressful
more lemon
more downmarket
more abhorrent
more insufferable
more lurid
more nightmarish
more limited
more hellacious
more negligible
more troubling
more disquieting
more unsavory
US
more agonizing
US
more amateurish
more irksome
more dishonorable
US
more dishonourable
UK
more alarming
more obnoxious
more unpleasing
more desperate
more bush
more stressful
more torturous
more unsavoury
UK
more worrying
more frightening
more damnable
more tormenting
more excruciating
more lacking
more derisory
more heartrending
more low-end
more revolting
more unpopular
more immoral
more troublesome
more unsettling
more iniquitous
more unprincipled
more undesired
more uncomfortable
more nefarious
more forbidding
more uncharitable
more inconsiderable
more annoying
more scandalous
more repellant
more off
more macabre
more uncongenial
more ridiculous
more unwanted
more exiguous
more indefensible
more saddening
more tragical
more low-down
more afflictive
more currish
more hurtful
more off-color
US
more nerve-racking
more galling
more gut-wrenching
more messed up
more critical
more reduced
more disconcerting
more restricted
more worrisome
more nauseating
more sinful
more unattractive
more daunting
more dangerous
more underhand
more ineffectual
more terrifying
more treacherous
more humourless
UK
more humorless
US
more solemn
more careless
more negligent
more disreputable
more sparing
more depraved
more catastrophic
more fiendish
more depressing
more vexatious
more fraught
more parlous
more irritating
more insignificant
more undignified
more terrific
more unbecoming
more dreaded
more insupportable
more trivial
more trifling
more criminal
more taxing
more trying
more fearsome
more inadmissible
more miserly
more flagitious
more affecting
more tinhorn
more servile
more degraded
more exacting
more scurrilous
more ludicrous
more concerning
more god-awful
more off-putting
more screwed up
more nerve-wracking
more hair-raising
more ill-advised
more spine-chilling
more inelegant
more inefficient
more poignant
more impotent
more inexcusable
more bungling
more dilapidated
more commonplace
more unforgivable
more ineffective
more brackish
more unappetizing
more inglorious
more senseless
more preposterous
more piss-poor
more ill
more unpardonable
more unconscionable
more ropey
more cataclysmic
more broken
more inexpert
more fallacious
more blah
more erroneous
more monumental
more unfavourable
UK
more unfavorable
US
more unsightly
more godforsaken
more unstable
more rancid
more rebarbative
more disgustful
more hellish
more untoward
more jacked up
more rueful
more overwhelming
more unjustifiable
more corrupt
more craptacular
more opprobrious
more ungenerous
more insipid
more fractional
more unconsiderable
more unwished-for
more ill-favoured
UK
more exceptionable
more ill-favored
US
more unforgiving
more menial
more glaring
more grewsome
more flagrant
more wrongful
more ungodly
more precarious
more perilous
more hazardous
more redoubtable
more blasphemous
more sacrilegious
more irreligious
more impious
more unrighteous
more discomposing
more mortifying
more villainous
more impure
more inconvenient
more intimidating
more formidable
more excessive
more troublous
more unendurable
more sedate
more diabolic
more unscrupulous
more barbarous
more murderous
more dishonest
more godless
more unappealing
more uncool
more uninviting
more nauseous
more crooked
more reprobate
more infamous
more notorious
more degenerate
more dissolute
more underhanded
more perverted
more illegitimate
more sullied
more unlawful
more roguish
more tainted
more illegal
more lawless
more illicit
more hostile
more anguished
more sorrowful
more nail-biting
more derisible
more warped
more scoundrelly
more rascally
more malfeasant
more caitiff
more black-hearted
more irretrievable
more modest
more unsuitable
more infernal
more unimpressive
more cheapo
more dubious
more questionable
more condemnable
more inacceptable
more half-baked
more skimp
more diminutive
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Having a low level of economic productivity and technological sophistication
underdeveloped
backward
developing
undeveloped
disadvantaged
impoverished
lagging
third world
Adjective
▲
Having no (fixed) place to live
homeless
destitute
vagrant
derelict
displaced
itinerant
dossing
down-and-out
living rough
unsettled
adrift
houseless
on the streets
refugee
sleeping rough
unhoused
vagabond
wandering
down and out
of no fixed abode
without a roof
without a roof over one's head
of no fixed address
Adjective
▲
Done or performed without method or care
sloppy
slipshod
careless
cursory
offhand
perfunctory
slapdash
unmethodical
unorganised
UK
unorganized
US
unsystematic
clumsy
disordered
haphazard
heedless
lax
loose
messy
muddled
neglectful
negligent
remiss
slack
thoughtless
botched
casual
chaotic
disorderly
disorganised
UK
disorganized
US
faulty
hasty
hurried
imperfect
inaccurate
inexact
junky
shabby
shoddy
threadbare
unmeticulous
unthorough
inattentive
jumbled
lackadaisical
lazy
shambolic
unprofessional
hit-or-miss
slap-happy
all over the shop
all over the place
pell-mell
thrown together
erratic
untidy
slovenly
derelict
random
indiscriminate
disregardful
desultory
indifferent
neglecting
scrappy
tardy
orderless
irresponsible
systemless
uncoordinated
unsystematized
unstructured
inefficient
arbitrary
last-minute
aimless
scattered
badly organized
stray
irregular
catch-as-catch-can
helter-skelter
confused
unworkmanlike
delinquent
undisciplined
improvident
nonchalant
reckless
unmindful
regardless
sketchy
apathetic
otiose
fainéant
faineant
unthoughtful
fly-by-night
unprepared
thrown-together
unfastidious
in disarray
couldn't-care-less
unconsidered
amateurish
wild
all over the map
all over the lot
unconcerned
disinterested
incautious
unheeding
incoherent
imprecise
incorrect
wrong
erroneous
scatterbrained
unregulated
error-ridden
couldn't care less
devil-may-care
paying no mind
asleep on job
undirected
unplanned
unpremeditated
uneven
trial and error
procrastinative
incompetent
inactive
idle
pococurante
quiescent
indolent
slothful
lethargic
leisurely
dilatory
laggard
permissive
inert
passive
dormant
workshy
superficial
asleep at the wheel
asleep on the job
do-nothing
easy-going
uninterested
passing
summary
token
brief
unthinking
shallow
mechanical
uncritical
depthless
routine
automatic
hit or miss
half-baked
half-hearted
listless
sluggish
languid
insouciant
torpid
spiritless
languorous
enervated
unenthusiastic
impassive
limp
uncaring
lukewarm
relaxed
dull
shiftless
languishing
feeble
passionless
incurious
dreamy
easygoing
energyless
Laodicean
abstracted
bloodless
halfhearted
easy going
sentimental
daydreaming
laid back
moony
laid-back
romantic
spring fever
laissez-faire
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Emphasizing insignificance
little
diminished
hardly any
limited
minimal
modest
negligible
restricted
reduced
scant
finite
immaterial
inappreciable
inconsiderable
insignificant
little or no
restrained
constrained
curbed
inadequate
inhibited
insufficient
lessened
not much
paltry
slight
small
trifling
unsubstantial
barely any
meager
US
meagre
UK
scantly any
scarcely any
sparse
no
Noun
▲
Working people with least money
lower class
lower classes
proletariat
working class
less fortunate
commonalty
hoi polloi
lower orders
lower ranks
lowlife
masses
other half
plebeians
plebs
rank and file
low-life
Noun
▲
Deprived or poor
have-nots
deprived
underclass
underprivileged
unfortunates
disadvantaged
Noun
▲
A person without money or who is in financial difficulty
down and out
bankrupt
indigent
mendicant
beggar
pauper
insolvent
derro
bagman
dosser
destitute
knockabout
overlander
bindlestiff
outie
sundowner
whaler
needy
poor person
have-not
bag lady
down-and-out
dependent
bum
supplicant
homeless person
vagrant
guttersnipe
lazarus
almsperson
poverty-stricken person
in the gutter
street person
alms person
ward of state
down-and-outer
sponger
freeloader
parasite
leech
sponge
scrounger
bloodsucker
cadger
tramp
vagabond
hobo
drifter
derelict
taker
suppliant
almsman
almswoman
swagman
free rider
hanger-on
moocher
panhandler
crusty
beggarwoman
beggarman
clochard
quandong
starveling
palliard
spanger
asker
street dweller
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