Adequate and Scrimpy

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Adequate adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.

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Scrimpy is an antonym for adequate.

Nearby Words: adequately, adequacy, adequation

Scrimpy adjective - Deficient in amount or quality or extent.

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Adequate is an antonym for scrimpy in topics: small, inadequate, sparse, meager, very few and scattered.

Nearby Words: scrimp, scrimping, scrimped

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Scrimpy and Adequate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adequate/scrimpy

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