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inadequate: (sometimes followed by `to') not meeting the requirements especially of a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was inadequate to the job"; not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience"

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not comparable collapse

scrimpy collapse

forceless collapse: lacking force; feeble; "a forceless argument"

disappointing collapse: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

out of the running collapse

incommensurate collapse: (often followed by `with') not corresponding in size or degree or extent; "a reward incommensurate with his effort"

unable collapse: (usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how; "unable to get to town without a car"; "unable to obtain funds"

unequipped collapse: without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"

unavailing collapse

unperfected collapse

short of collapse

in short supply collapse

asymmetrical collapse: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with an crooked hemline"; characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

asymmetric collapse

emasculate collapse: remove the testicles of a male animal; deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"

found wanting collapse

disheartening collapse

meagre collapse

unsatisfactory collapse: not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"

minus collapse: involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"; on the negative side or lower end of a scale; "minus 5 degrees"; "a grade of B minus"

fallible collapse: likely to fail or make errors; "everyone is fallible to some degree"; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

displeasing collapse: causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities

inoperative collapse: not operating; "an inoperative law"

bootless collapse: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

inappreciable collapse: too small to make a significant difference; "inappreciable fluctuations in temperature"

scarce collapse: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

skewed collapse

incapable collapse: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him"; (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"; (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; "simply incapable of lying"; lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.; "an incapable helper"

half assed collapse

insufficient collapse: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

maladjusted collapse: not well adjusted; "a maladjusted carburetor"; poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"

imaginary invalid collapse

adulterated collapse

feckless collapse: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"; not fit to assume responsibility

needing collapse

nugatory collapse: of no real value; "a nugatory law"

underdeveloped collapse: (of a photograph) lacking in contrast because it was left in the developer for less than the required time; not yet fully developed

unsuited collapse

skimpy collapse

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