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▲
Very slender or fine
Subject to dispute or questions
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
Failing to convince or impress
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
Barely perceptible to the senses
Not clearly visible or attracting attention
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
Lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
Hard to find, capture, or achieve
Visually indistinct
Lasting for a very short time
Rare in nature
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▲
Adjective
▲
Very slender or fine
fine
attenuated
delicate
gossamer
slender
slight
thin
fragile
slim
airy
ethereal
narrow
reedy
twiggy
frail
flimsy
improbable
remote
unlikely
doubtful
dubious
implausible
inconceivable
outside
distant
fanciful
faint
unthinkable
unimaginable
iffy
off
unbelievable
weak
far-fetched
not likely
hundred-to-one
difficult to believe
not expected
light
gossamery
fluffy
feeble
insubstantial
diaphanous
dainty
vague
poor
exiguous
exquisite
filmy
elegant
subtle
refined
graceful
vaporous
beautiful
lovely
feathery
wispy
weightless
floaty
hairline
soft
slimline
needlelike
skinny
ultrathin
paper-thin
slim-jim
minute
more ❯
“The forests were joined by
tenuous
strands of green that snaked across the cleared fields.”
Adjective
▲
Subject to dispute or questions
weak
doubtful
dubious
flimsy
insubstantial
questionable
shaky
nebulous
sketchy
fragile
negligible
vague
hazy
insignificant
suspect
unspecific
indefinite
indeterminate
unconvincing
unsubstantiated
unsound
unreliable
unsupported
dodgy
iffy
unreasonable
uncertain
undependable
false
unfounded
spurious
ungrounded
specious
groundless
implausible
baseless
unclear
disputable
debatable
rocky
risky
open to doubt
fallible
open to question
dubitable
conjectural
defective
fishy
speculative
wrong
untrue
fallacious
erroneous
untrustworthy
ill-founded
unproven
unwarranted
inaccurate
foundationless
uncorroborated
unjustified
unconfirmed
unverified
suspicious
arguable
doubtable
invalid
chancy
disreputable
equivocal
nonvalid
illogical
incorrect
deceptive
mistaken
shady
unattested
controversial
problematical
unestablished
problematic
queer
flakey
US
pseudo
sham
unstable
flaky
UK
unsubstantial
suppositious
suppositive
wide of the mark
off-target
without basis
without foundation
not backed up by evidence
obscure
controvertible
contentious
borderline
vulnerable
moot
issuable
precarious
imprecise
approximate
rough
slight
negotiable
in doubt
perilous
insecure
flawed
untested
fake
falsified
unsure
indecisive
open to debate
open to suspicion
subject to debate
unsettled
faulty
dicey
misguided
gratuitous
misinformed
untenable
not reliable
not dependable
nonrational
irrational
illegitimate
unreasoning
fabricated
feeble
bottomless
hollow
sophistic
untruthful
unreal
misleading
misty
improbable
unlikely
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
easily threatened
incongruous
uncalled-for
trumped-up
off-base
trumped up
unapt
assailable
far-fetched
unjustifiable
assumed
presumed
not validated
hard to believe
undecided
unresolved
ambiguous
open
up in the air
contestable
disputed
undetermined
in question
mootable
in dispute
pending
touch-and-go
up for discussion
open to discussion
puzzling
marginal
enigmatic
inconclusive
cryptic
unknown
betwixt and between
bone of contention
the jury's out
at issue
hypothetical
contested
between sixes and sevens
tentative
between rock and hard place
vexed
unconcluded
unanswered
yet to be decided
in the balance
unpredictable
shonky
theoretical
academic
suppositional
exceptionable
clouded
contended
suspected
supposed
under suspicion
putative
notional
contingent
not kosher
on ice
academical
theoretic
unsolved
postulated
conditional
on the back burner
presupposed
to be decided
tricky
paradoxical
unsafe
challenging
outstanding
unascertained
sub judice
ambivalent
perplexing
riddling
inexplicit
enigmatical
unintelligible
muddy
clear as dishwater
tenebrous
opaque
far from certain
unprovable
apocryphal
undefined
not yet established
a live issue
a moot point
a controversial subject
unclassifiable
up for grabs
in limbo
confused
inexact
a matter of opinion
occult
funny
odd
at risk
not obvious
not definite
open for discussion
not yet settled
under examination
yet to be settled
ridiculous
incredible
unbelievable
under advisement
untrusted
ignored
neglected
imagined
not quite right
potentially dangerous
potentially false
unquestioned
unnoticed
unrefuted
unchallenged
conjectured
imaginary
erratic
hesitant
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
incalculable
concocted
conjecturable
refutable
provisory
guessed
made up
presumptive
casual
assumptive
stochastic
proposed
pretending
disputatious
divisive
delicate
sensitive
difficult
polemical
emotive
provocative
tendentious
polemic
in lap of gods
in the lap of the gods
awkward
debateable
debated
hot
under discussion
notorious
hot-button
heated
abstract
inferred
surmised
postulational
ideational
guesstimated
figured
reputed
guessing
surmising
based on guesswork
on a hunch
on a long shot
more ❯
“This is because it has only a
tenuous
link to any empirical base.”
Adjective
▲
(
of something abstract
)
Perceived only with attention to detail or subtlety
fine
subtle
narrow
nuanced
abstruse
distinct
elusive
faint
hairsplitting
obscure
cryptic
enigmatic
esoteric
fine-spun
impalpable
petty
recondite
strict
tiny
trifling
fine-drawn
finespun
hair-splitting
delicate
minute
refined
dainty
intricate
exquisite
nice
airy
precise
hairline
exact
soft
overnice
detailed
sophisticated
minuscule
ultra-fine
“There is a
tenuous
distinction between being genuinely articulate and word salad.”
Adjective
▲
Failing to convince or impress
feeble
weak
poor
unconvincing
implausible
flimsy
inadequate
lame
pathetic
thin
unbelievable
incredible
unpersuasive
paltry
inconceivable
shallow
questionable
improbable
untenable
superficial
meagre
UK
meager
US
insubstantial
tame
indecisive
sketchy
vapid
flat
half-hearted
unsubstantial
unreasonable
frail
groundless
unsatisfactory
timorous
unenthusiastic
unsound
illogical
timid
spiritless
fragile
false
fallacious
gentle
mild
frivolous
slight
baseless
airy
inane
wishful
ungrounded
weakly
full of holes
faint-hearted
wishy-washy
low-key
insufficient
threadbare
weak-kneed
moderate
faint
light
controvertible
erroneous
unsupported
lily-livered
unbacked
trifling
assailable
contemptible
lacking substance
ill-founded
inept
preposterous
vague
flawed
irrational
dubious
faulty
nonsensical
unlikely
inconclusive
unsubstantiated
suspect
far-fetched
absurd
contradictory
nebulous
doubtful
ludicrous
farfetched
spurious
incongruous
hollow
unsustainable
invalid
unsupportable
shaky
specious
irreconcilable
puzzling
obscure
senseless
impossible
indefensible
fishy
fantastic
nonrational
reachy
vain
unfounded
unreasoned
inconsequent
illegitimate
inconsequential
unreasoning
fatuous
nutty
unimpressive
wacky
problematic
off the wall
won't hold water
won't wash
self-contradictory
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
meagre
UK
meager
US
scanty
scant
sparse
paltry
scarce
small
insufficient
inadequate
poor
skimpy
measly
inconsiderable
slight
exiguous
deficient
insubstantial
slim
stingy
slender
spare
light
little
sparing
short
inappreciable
skimp
wanting
weak
miserable
puny
mean
flimsy
derisory
bare
minimum
shabby
barren
scrimpy
unfinished
unproductive
subtle
mere
infertile
scrimp
unfruitful
bitty
lacking
stinted
stunted
hand-to-mouth
too little too late
limited
negligible
thin
low
insignificant
miserly
trivial
trifling
modest
tiny
piddling
minimal
unsubstantial
restricted
frugal
nominal
few
incidental
ungenerous
feeble
picayune
nugatory
piffling
mingy
beggarly
pitiful
inconsequential
unsatisfactory
shy
little bitty
smallish
narrow
diminutive
pathetic
petty
confined
incomplete
bereft
hardly any
destitute
not much
faint
little or no
sporadic
out of gas
deprived
devoid
thin on the ground
marginal
minute
minor
rare
unimportant
minuscule
lean
in short supply
frivolous
immaterial
irrelevant
niggling
few and far between
meaningless
imperceptible
footling
piddly
scattered
not enough
infrequent
worthless
of no account
of no consequence
pointless
lightweight
poxy
at a premium
nonessential
too little
uncommon
too few
Mickey Mouse
occasional
pitiable
sketchy
incommensurate
of no importance
outside
infinitesimal
trite
remote
failing
pimping
off
frail
no-account
reduced
fiddling
de minimis
fragile
hard to come by
of little account
not worth mentioning
of little consequence
contemptible
of little importance
diminished
dinky
superficial
casual
tight
chicken
peanut
secondary
valueless
ignorable
lesser
fractional
too small
hard to find
nickel-and-dime
small-fry
depleted
unusual
vague
dwindling
dispersed
isolated
drained
second-rate
imperfect
thinning
middling
lamentable
unlikely
idle
straggling
nondescript
inessential
foolish
thinly distributed
base
unfrequent
distant
purportless
everyday
non-essential
like gold dust
implausible
improbable
far-fetched
dubious
doubtful
small-bore
of minor importance
small-time
low in numbers
seldom seen
of no moment
shoestring
not worth bothering about
disappointing
minuscular
humble
fragmentary
lousy
despicable
on the small side
wispy
economical
unsufficient
token
missing
basal
close
lowly
ordinary
subnormal
laughable
lame
peripheral
parsimonious
junk
diffuse
finite
mild
peppercorn
mediocre
extraneous
senseless
barely sufficient
gentle
exhaustible
dry
unconsiderable
not worth speaking of
of little import
less
needed
short-handed
low on
short on
cut
shoddy
next to none
next to no
smaller
shallow
pettifogging
commonplace
not making it
not hacking it
coming up short
not to be had
small potatoes
dicey
iffy
absurd
inconceivable
questionable
minor-league
of no great concern
two-bit
low-ranking
bush-league
woeful
sad
insipid
penny-ante
twopenny-halfpenny
run-down
not to be had for love nor money
wanky
scrubby
seldom found
silly
lilliputian
cheap
at a low level
scarcer than hen's teeth
momentary
atomic
beside the point
microscopic
skin-deep
evanescent
vanishing
widely spaced
in the minority
out of the ordinary
bare-boned
unqualified
far
faraway
outlying
minus
unfitted
incapable
unample
incompetent
short of
sorry
out of
wretched
odd
irregular
intermittent
exceptional
unaccustomed
fitful
seldom
spasmodic
unwonted
semioccasional
sometime
stray
out of the common
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of unsound structure, easily damaged or destroyed
feeble
weak
brittle
breakable
fragile
vulnerable
unsound
crumbly
frangible
friable
decrepit
ramshackle
insubstantial
smashable
splintery
destroyable
destructible
disintegrating
fracturable
shatterable
crumbling
decaying
dodgy
frail
easily broken
falling to pieces
easily destroyed
delicate
flimsy
fine
dainty
insecure
unstable
eggshell
crispy
crisp
flakey
US
flaky
UK
embrittled
brickle
shattery
easily damaged
rickety
crunchy
short
light
slight
jerry-built
shaky
vitreous
wobbly
tottery
makeshift
shivery
gimcrack
wonky
shoddy
soft
teetery
unsubstantial
badly built
thrown together
shortcrust
precarious
tender
brashy
deteriorated
deteriorating
powdery
granular
hard
pulverulent
pulverizable
rigid
fatty
crusty
inelastic
dry
al dente
well cooked
well done
lightweight
thin
floaty
gauzy
sheer
gossamer
wispy
finespun
gossamery
filmy
diaphanous
translucent
transparent
see-through
wafer-thin
unsteady
defective
cheap
superficial
rinkydink
house of cards
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Barely perceptible to the senses
subtle
impalpable
imperceptible
indistinguishable
slight
minute
undetectable
small
fine
inappreciable
indiscernible
unnoticeable
indistinct
faint
unapparent
inconspicuous
indefinite
vague
unperceivable
imperceivable
illusive
elusive
implied
sheer
undistinguishable
attenuate
ethereal
inferred
attenuated
thin
barely visible
hard to make out
intangible
indefinable
incorporeal
insubstantial
unbodied
discarnate
immaterial
undescribable
delicate
airy
imprecise
unclear
imperceptible to the touch
unsubstantial
indescribable
mysterious
nebulous
hard to describe
hard to define
imponderable
unobservable
disembodied
unable to be touched
shadowy
obscure
infinitesimal
tiny
microscopic
inaudible
invisible
insensible
ephemeral
gradual
insignificant
trivial
inconsiderable
minuscule
evanescent
negligible
inconsequential
momentary
nanoscopic
unobtrusive
impossible to detect
vestigial
barely perceptible
odorless
US
indetectable
untraceable
stunted
shrunken
token
hidden
odourless
UK
undiscernible
unfathomable
gentle
moderate
easy
light
teeny-weeny
teensy-weensy
not steep
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not clearly visible or attracting attention
inconspicuous
unobtrusive
muted
discreet
unostentatious
modest
quiet
ordinary
unnoticeable
unassuming
plain
subtle
unremarkable
undistinguished
unmemorable
characterless
retiring
unexceptional
invisible
unseen
unimposing
faint
hidden
unspectacular
backstage
indistinct
insignificant
secretive
shy
concealed
forgettable
inobtrusive
unnoticed
camouflaged
dim
unemphatic
low-key
run-of-the-mill
low-profile
in the background
behind the scenes
soft-pedalled
out of the limelight
out of the spotlight
out of the public eye
having
unconspicuous
obscure
imperceptible
subdued
understated
restrained
unpretentious
downbeat
sober
conservative
repressed
simple
toned down
relaxed
toned-down
low-keyed
soft
minimalist
unflashy
out of sight
played down
circumspect
tasteful
easy-going
laid-back
unfussy
bland
softened
muffled
neutral
silent
unshowy
reserved
unglamorous
soft-pedaled
casual
informal
insouciant
nonchalant
easy
equable
easygoing
modulated
loose
light
mild
flat
tame
dull
lacklustre
UK
nondescript
lackluster
US
played-down
together
cool
sombre
UK
at ease
somber
US
unflappable
soft-sell
self-effacing
vague
delicate
free and easy
downhome
gentle
pale
tempered
slight
moderated
unsubstantial
stifled
indefinite
negligible
mellow
insinuated
lowered
indirect
suggestive
feeble
enervated
washed out
delicately complex
hardly noticeable
hardly detectable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Susceptible to illness or adverse conditions
delicate
frail
feeble
weak
debilitated
sickly
ailing
infirm
fragile
unhealthy
weakly
indisposed
languid
tender
weakened
enervated
enfeebled
ill
incapacitated
sapped
crippled
doddering
failing
faint
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
poor
shaky
slight
unsound
valetudinarian
wimpish
wimpy
asthenic
effete
lame
low
nesh
poorly
prostrate
prostrated
sensitive
susceptible
unwell
vitiated
wasted
decrepit
doddery
meagre
UK
meager
US
pathetic
sapless
strengthless
trembly
unsubstantial
down-and-out
in poor health
soft
softened
invalid
sick
rickety
exhausted
diseased
peaked
down
puny
run down
run-down
declining
tottering
bedridden
rocky
crook
helpless
fatigued
below par
tottery
drained
weakling
wobbly
worn out
suffering
defective
sickened
under the weather
anemic
US
sick as a dog
peaky
bad
anaemic
UK
weak-kneed
flagging
washed out
tired
out of shape
powerless
weedy
mean
etiolated
unstable
spent
undermined
faded
disordered
infected
flimsy
unnerved
easily damaged
feverish
impaired
incurable
devitalized
anile
not so hot
under medication
imperfect
confined
in a bad way
hospitalized
US
broken down
deteriorated
spineless
unsteady
insubstantial
insecure
unfit
nerveless
invertebrate
out of gas
punk
dragging
off-color
US
off-colour
UK
characterless
wet
rundown
laid-up
hospitalised
UK
dying
wishy-washy
limp-wristed
stricken
out of action
off colour
out of sorts
laid up
laid low
milk-and-water
out of condition
namby-pamby
drooping
weary
breakable
dainty
light
hindered
encumbered
hampered
emasculated
yielding
aged
scrawny
depleted
faltering
diminished
washed-out
impotent
played out
trembling
shilpit
limp
woozy
flat
withered
atrophied
deteriorating
wilted
haggard
degenerative
ravaged
rendered feeble
in declining health
pallid
forceless
debile
spindly
hipped
splenetic
hippish
sinking
reduced
pale
paralyzed
US
done in
rusty
paralysed
UK
brittle
off
grim
dizzy
vulnerable
on the sick list
wretched
not oneself
not healthy
under par
in ill health
in poor shape
ill-looking
in poor condition
in a decline
unsafe
rotten
funny
green
lousy
queasy
qualmish
nauseated
cranky
chronically ill
always ill
seedy
sickish
pining
often ill
laid-low
allergic
without energy
gone to seed
on the ropes
unreliable
easily harmed
dangerous
not solid
not safe
not robust
languishing
not well
in bad health
wasting away
feeling awful
down with
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lean, thin, and having little flesh
meager
US
skinny
scrawny
bony
lean
scraggy
angular
emaciated
gaunt
lank
gangling
lanky
gangly
rawboned
beanpole
beanstalk
starved
willowy
underfed
lithe
withered
narrow
bare
broomstick
little
rattleboned
hungry
skin and bones
very thin
skeletal
pinched
thin
spindly
wasted
haggard
cadaverous
spare
attenuated
slim
slender
rangy
undernourished
underweight
weedy
shrivelled
UK
shriveled
US
twiggy
skin-and-bones
raw-boned
size-zero
puny
slight
reedy
stalky
wizened
fragile
twiglike
featherweight
stick
macilent
anorexic
delicate
rickety
slinky
small
rarefied
threadlike
fleshless
lightweight
attenuate
wan
ethereal
peaked
looking like a bag of bones
all skin and bones
thin as a rail
drawn
weak
stringy
gawky
tall
hollow-cheeked
stick-like
thin as a rake
starveling
like a bag of bones
spindle-shanked
as thin as a rake
skin and bone
as thin as a reed
frail
undersized
feeble
underdeveloped
shadow
stilt
subtle
pole
over-thin
slightly built
pint-sized
hollow-eyed
raddled
lantern-jawed
stilted
spindling
extenuated
peaky
without an ounce of fat
skeleton
deathlike
looking like death warmed up
long-legged
leggy
loose-jointed
svelte
sylphlike
light
meagre
UK
gracile
anorectic
boney
fatless
ultrathin
waifish
sticklike
scraggly
like a skeleton
like a matchstick
shrunken
skeletonlike
atrophied
famished
phthisical
half-starved
thin as rail
wiry
long-limbed
awkward
sapped
skin-and-bone
etiolated
sallow
lissom
uncoordinated
ungainly
inelegant
trim
insubstantial
ungraceful
lumbering
graceless
waiflike
loosely built
loosely jointed
wraithlike
taut
sharp
sinewy
hairline
paper-thin
needlelike
slim-jim
fine
worn to a shadow
muscular
malnourished
no fat
ghastly
ghostly
consumptive
lymphatic
graceful
like a rail
stark
dead
shadowy
sickly
snake-hipped
clean-limbed
corpse-like
bag of bones
unco
drained
extended
slimmed
thread-like
refined
thinned
lengthened
deathly
like death warmed up
elongated
stretched out
thinned down
spun out
drawn out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking in originality, variation, spirit or energy
insipid
boring
dull
banal
dry
tedious
unimaginative
prosaic
vapid
characterless
stale
tame
trite
uninteresting
wearisome
jejune
unexciting
uninspired
uninspiring
weak
anaemic
UK
commonplace
drab
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
limp
lustreless
monotonous
pointless
stupid
tired
wishy-washy
colourless
UK
humdrum
lifeless
pedestrian
run-of-the-mill
tiresome
bloodless
hackneyed
half-hearted
ho-hum
inadequate
lame
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
poor
sterile
barren
bland
flat
hacky
prosy
spiritless
anemic
US
arid
beige
blah
colorless
US
corny
drivelling
UK
driveling
US
dry as dust
fatuous
feeble
inane
innocuous
mundane
nebbish
nothing
plain
slight
soft
subdued
vacuous
weariful
common or garden
dreary
stodgy
heavy
tiring
slow
leaden
routine
stuffy
ponderous
drudging
ordinary
weary
old
jading
mind-numbing
monochromatic
wearying
numbing
dusty
unremarkable
dead
uneventful
nondescript
watery
pallid
common
bromidic
ho hum
unvaried
vanilla
mediocre
pale
soulless
featureless
torpid
flavourless
UK
flavorless
US
listless
undistinguished
workaday
unstimulating
draggy
apathetic
unexceptional
everyday
quotidian
gray
US
grey
UK
tasteless
zestless
repetitious
indifferent
samey
unanimated
wooden
dim
unmemorable
antiseptic
nowhere
unpalatable
etiolated
languid
stiff
dull as dishwater
passionless
plodding
ineffectual
wan
unoriginal
empty
usual
neutral
zero
muted
vacant
pathetic
unchanging
frail
derivative
wimpy
soporific
unvarying
deadly
big yawn
dullsville
dreich
plain vanilla
expressionless
matter-of-fact
spineless
effete
run of the mill
watered-down
lethargic
washed out
unappealing
lusterless
nothing to write home about
average
ineffective
emotionless
sluggish
inoffensive
sickly
threadbare
uniform
conventional
platitudinous
wimpish
uninterested
mechanical
enervated
irksome
middle-of-the-road
wet
weakling
faint
weakened
monochrome
tepid
well-worn
fatiguing
invertebrate
depressing
nerveless
unappetizing
ornery
sapless
pabulum
unentertaining
unenjoyable
toneless
distasteful
limp-wristed
weak-kneed
yawnsome
lacking variety
whitish
light-coloured
UK
puny
unsavory
US
thin
lacking excitement
lacking interest
light-colored
US
unsavoury
UK
worn-out
cold
washy
stereotyped
unfeeling
blank
non-stimulating
vigourless
halfhearted
waterish
lackadaisical
interminable
institutional
pasty
hollow
inexpressive
plebeian
unresponsive
uncreative
stock
flat tire
unadventurous
derived
uninventive
sallow
unromantic
unemotional
weedy
moth-eaten
predictable
safe
quiet
peaky
white
waxen
ashen-faced
normal
unimpressive
unnoteworthy
indecisive
deadpan
anodyne
lacking vitality
desolate
ashen
peakish
typical
dulled
wussy
soul-destroying
damp
elementary
undistinctive
faded
unrelieved
lacking variation
bog-standard
dull as ditchwater
unspirited
prolix
simple
dismal
unembellished
unadorned
milky
lymphatic
peely-wally
white-bread
repetitive
deadening
downcast
garden-variety
washed-out
no great shakes
old hat
a dime a dozen
like death warmed up
mild
savorless
usual thing
familiar
long-winded
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
second-rate
unexceptionable
inferior
impotent
powerless
clinical
sombre
UK
somber
US
droning
labored
US
laboured
UK
mindless
irresolute
watered down
stilted
unimpressed
unmoved
heavy-handed
yawn
unartistic
nerdy
laborious
least
Milquetoast
bleak
dowdy
unenthusiastic
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
overlong
not appealing
disinterested
unfateful
noneventful
inconclusive
not up to much
uninflected
sleepy
day-to-day
casual
unenthused
blasé
forced
depressed
unseasoned
whitebread
blind
dragging
enervating
mortal
exhausting
poky
snooze
indistinct
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
wintery
UK
sorrowful
oppressive
windy
unsentimental
unvarnished
unpoetic
nitty-gritty
literal
terrestrial
factual
clear
customary
banausic
regular
null
phoned in
wavering
cowardly
vacillating
unlively
unpassioned
endless
meager
US
meagre
UK
square
vigorless
languorous
energyless
inedible
treadmill
monotone
garden variety
nonchalant
backward
light
lead balloon
passive
unenergetic
uneatable
savourless
uninviting
deadly dull
stagnant
backwoods
comatose
not fun
long-drawn-out
pastel
static
off-putting
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
lacking in character
hazy
one-horse
slothful
subtle
formulaic
passable
low-grade
so-so
stereotypical
behind the times
dead-and-alive
joyless
lank
spent
regimented
two-dimensional
bleached
unobjectionable
harmless
insignificant
mainstream
insensitive
lacking energy
diluted
governmental
utilitarian
corporate
restrained
functional
rudimentary
ugly
generic
frigid
glazed
light-toned
unimposing
low-key
nothing special
garden
boiled down
without punch
numb
bog standard
dispassionate
impassive
unsympathetic
inert
blending into the background
simpering
standard issue
benumbed
callous
numbed
stony
asleep
inhuman
lukewarm
glassy
senseless
anesthetized
US
boneless
indistinctive
faceless
noncommittal
paralyzed
US
still
anaesthetized
UK
paralysed
UK
timeworn
overused
folksy
humble
inelaborate
pure and simple
unpretentious
normophilic
homely
uncluttered
unornamented
austere
rustic
your basic
modest
unostentatious
uncomplicated
unelaborate
clean
undecorated
hack
clichéd
candy-assed
shopworn
overworked
musty
cliche
hackney
obligatory
cobwebby
cliché
mawkish
out of the ark
played out
warmed-over
warmed-up
worn out
cliché-ridden
past their sell-by date
standard
middling
fair
standard-issue
habitual
set
medium
tolerable
accustomed
general
OK
cut-and-dried
adequate
half-pie
cornball
cut-and-dry
traditional
moderate
fair-to-middling
frequent
ubiquitous
popular
wonted
time-worn
not so hot
established
run-of-the-mine
prevailing
hokey
decent
prevalent
second-class
run-of-mine
familiar tune
worn
ready-made
fairish
natural
forgettable
bathetic
household
cliched
truistic
amateur
exhausted
amateurish
drained
mildewed
chain
accepted
overdone
orthodox
used-up
okay
not much cop
dime-store
stereotypic
fair to middling
characteristic
platitudinal
mean
all right
homespun
archetypical
not bad
acceptable
satisfactory
respectable
sufficient
universal
classic
recognized
US
archetypal
staple
representative
expected
ten a penny
hoary
par for the course
recognised
UK
widespread
inconspicuous
current
not very good
intermediate
serviceable
good
basic
well worn
classical
lowly
regulation
standardized
US
daily
dime-a-dozen
fixed
settled
going
good enough
proverbial
typic
standardised
UK
domestic
overall
bush-league
pervasive
presentable
inconsequential
reasonable
public
majority
O.K.
fairly good
plastic
nothing to get excited about
sufficiently good
acknowledged
fine
moderately good
true
chronic
goodish
pretty good
matter-of-course
time-honoured
antiquated
obsolete
suburban
allowable
unimportant
comfortable
family
admissible
meh
tidy
tripe
immaterial
median
ruling
boilerplate
midway
endemic
old-hat
middle
inconsiderable
rife
jake
rampant
shared
prescriptive
midsize
midsized
anonymous
nothing out of the ordinary
informal
unspectacular
trivial
proper
not too bad
practical
of no consequence
received
up to standard
native
two a penny
off-the-shelf
time-honored
silly
unnoticeable
outdated
menial
formalistic
outmoded
extensive
annoying
irritating
out-of-date
enough
boiler plate
collective
no big deal
of poor quality
periodic
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
considerable
admitted
straightforward
vieux jeu
fair enough
workday
boresome
vexatious
scheduled
unaspiring
unambitious
limited
noticeable
goodly
sizable
generous
worthwhile
abundant
substantial
sizeable
biggish
significant
appreciable
marked
diurnal
constant
defunct
ongoing
acquired
honored
US
passé
predominant
pervading
plain-Jane
unextraordinary
straight
useless
known
repeated
imitative
readily available
widely available
canned
formal
prototypical
out of date
nothing to shout about
barely adequate
irrelevant
paltry
seasonal
methodical
antwacky
grind
numerous
in use
businesslike
fuddy-duddy
cut and dried
piddling
worthless
quintessential
broad
familial
well-known
acquainted
meaningless
whatever
turgid
facile
noplace
dumb
cornfed
honoured
UK
well established
vulgar
widely held
signature
unsophisticated
mid
medial
in-between
of little consequence
of little importance
not worth mentioning
of no importance
of no great concern
of no account
model
ideal
presentational
prototypal
domiciliary
intermediary
halfway
recognizable
US
recurring
unspecial
diddly
actual
practicable
matter-of- fact
prose
random
non-specific
ample
canonical
one-size-fits-all
common variety
well known
recognisable
UK
mediate
central
midmost
without variety
inherent
symptomatic
consistent
across the board
neither one thing nor the other
par
medium-sized
middle-sized
home
homey
reiterated
samely
puts one to sleep
monotonic
all the same
recurrent
sing-song
flat as pancake
unchanged
anticipated
foreseeable
indicative
foreseen
reliable
emblematic
bought
distinctive
likely
unsurprising
idiosyncratic
steady
distinguishing
livable
better than nothing
unimpeachable
store
true to form
in keeping
to be expected
only to be expected
individualistic
in character
on the cards
… all over
true to type
impersonal
off-the-rack
mass-produced
off-the-peg
store-bought
traditionary
proven
ritual
suitable
confirmed
staid
competent
appropriate
agreeable
ritualistic
ceremonial
fit
solid
alright
palatable
sound
conformist
valid
convenient
commensurate
fitting
correct
assuaging
assuasive
appeasing
sufficing
favourite
UK
favorite
US
tried and true
doctrinal
widely used
taken for granted
rooted
tried and tested
sanctioned
immemorial
prescribed
up to par
up to the mark
swell
up to snuff
pleasant
completely understandable
kosher
snug
up to scratch
A-OK
quite good
in order
totally fine
middle of the road
superabundant
cheap and commonplace
most common
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Hard to find, capture, or achieve
elusive
evasive
puzzling
ambiguous
baffling
misleading
deceptive
equivocal
elusory
fraudulent
illusory
fallacious
oracular
unspecific
abstract
deceitful
evanescent
fleeting
fugacious
greasy
imponderable
incomprehensible
indescribable
insubstantial
mysterious
obscure
occult
phantom
shy
stonewalling
transient
transitory
tricky
vague
volatile
Adjective
▲
Visually indistinct
nebulous
hazy
indefinite
indistinct
misty
unclear
vague
dim
fuzzy
obscure
shadowy
blurry
cloudy
faint
foggy
shapeless
amorphous
blear
bleary
blurred
gauzy
indistinguishable
murky
opaque
pale
undefined
undetermined
unformed
formless
nebulose
indefinable
lacking definition
unformulated
out of focus
ill-defined
indeterminate
clouded
dark
imprecise
ambiguous
indiscernible
dusky
unfocused
smoky
woolly
UK
uncertain
obfuscated
dull
wooly
US
gloomy
obscured
grey
UK
gray
US
doubtful
leaden
shady
nubilous
confused
overcast
darkened
muzzy
caliginous
unstructured
distorted
heavy
lightless
tenebrous
darkish
somber
US
black
unlit
bleared
inexact
dingy
sombre
UK
stygian
inexplicit
dreary
pitchy
rayless
dusk
muddy
overclouded
barely perceptible
dimmed
pitch-black
pitch-dark
tenebrific
hard to make out
darksome
darkling
unshaped
unilluminated
equivocal
sunless
dense
irregular
muddled
inchoate
crepuscular
hard to see
intangible
filmy
dismal
louring
inconspicuous
lowering
funereal
turbid
soupy
baggy
loose
impenetrable
smoggy
questionable
debatable
disfigured
mutilated
unmade
misshapen
dubious
enigmatic
unrecognizable
US
undeveloped
ungraceful
abnormal
embryonic
amorphic
invisible
anomalous
assymetrical
unsymmetrical
ill-formed
nontranslucent
nontransparent
unrecognisable
UK
fogged
mushy
hazed
unsure
drab
beclouded
impalpable
structureless
without form
without character
austere
unspecific
open to question
not clear
unintelligible
veiled
deformed
unshapely
malformed
muddied
mucky
unknown
unsettled
bleak
disorganized
US
imperceptible
fluid
disorganised
UK
befogged
unsubstantial
mixed
dirty
mysterious
unexplicit
impervious
faded
elusive
Cimmerian
open to debate
open to argument
badly lit
poorly lit
clouded over
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor the other
ambivalent
approximate
rough
slight
inaccurate
shapely
some kind of
darkening
thick
riley
ill-organized
emulsified
remote
sketchy
brumous
low resolution
muffled
incoherent
bewildering
unsound
puzzling
enveloped
vaporous
dewy
shrouded
unobtrusive
threatening
illusory
soft
well-developed
curvaceous
curvy
buxom
distant
dreamlike
rainy
subfusc
undistinct
visionary
dreamy
incomprehensible
inaudible
bleached
light
general
bedimmed
imperfect
roiled
menacing
obfuscous
unlimited
evasive
cheerless
stacked
out-of-focus
unconfirmed
unfixed
not fair
promising rain
oppressive
unestablished
hidden
unresolved
oracular
undecided
unascertained
undisclosed
open-ended
innumerable
inexhaustible
wide
noncommittal
broad
indeterminable
undependable
hardly noticeable
hardly detectable
hard to understand
speculative
concealed
apocryphal
in doubt
up in the air
yet to be decided
unshapen
nondescript
characterless
blobby
asymmetrical
insubstantial
incorporeal
milky
loose-fitting
undescribable
discarnate
immaterial
unbodied
imperceptible to the touch
hard to define
unobservable
airy
indescribable
thin
unperceivable
unable to be touched
delicate
hard to describe
imponderable
disembodied
fine
unapparent
frosty
sooty
Stygian
non-transparent
ill-lit
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lasting for a very short time
evanescent
ephemeral
fleeting
momentary
passing
transient
brief
fugitive
temporary
transitory
fugacious
deciduous
flash
impermanent
short-lived
short-term
here today and gone tomorrow
short
flitting
fading
quick
flying
cursory
volatile
fly-by-night
limited
meteoric
unstable
temporal
perishable
swift
hasty
fast
shifting
summary
little
rapid
provisional
interim
changeable
overnight
mortal
provisory
makeshift
acting
stopgap
vanishing
substitute
instantaneous
temp
unfixed
alternate
rushed
slapdash
pro tem
make-do
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
lightning
mutable
acute
moving
hurried
perfunctory
supply
flashing
sudden
unenduring
ad interim
abrupt
short and sweet
vaporous
curtailed
for the time being
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
wee
short-range
flash in the pan
tactical
small
erratic
intervening
quickie
succinct
infinitesimal
episodic
short-lasting
elusive
non-permanent
fly by night
present
short and sharp
not permanent
inconstant
vacating
insubstantial
migrating
transmigratory
emigrating
flighty
here-today-gone-tomorrow
going by
short-run
here today, gone tomorrow
impulsive
of short duration
short-haul
gone in a heartbeat
over in a heartbeat
provisionary
instant
immediate
fill-in
caretaker
stand-in
transitional
emergency
surrogate
impromptu
improvised
reserve
deputy
pinch-hitting
changeover
expediential
replacement
second-string
rough and ready
working
jury-rigged
relief
rough-and-ready
adoptive
proxy
foster
conditional
contingent
holding
in-between
pop-up
devised
rigged
jury
precipitous
expedient
rough-and-tumble
practical
throwaway
cobbled together
thrown together
whirlwind
prompt
thrown-together
backup
supernumerary
standby
fall-back
supplemental
tentative
ancillary
second
supplementary
additional
auxiliary
extra
alternative
substitutive
locum
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Rare in nature
standout
attenuate
attenuated
deficient
exceptional
extraordinary
few
flimsy
inconceivable
isolated
light
limited
magnificent
occasional
outstanding
preeminent
rarefied
recherche
remarkable
scanty
scarce
scattered
seldom
semioccasional
short
singular
sparse
sporadic
strange
subtile
subtle
thin
towering
uncommon
unfrequent
unimaginable
unique
unlikely
unthinkable
unusual
unwonted
unheard of
few and far between
out of the ordinary
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