Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Usage example: survived on a hand-to-mouth income that came from any odd job that he could find
Insufficient and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insufficient" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Insufficient
Insufficient adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Usage example: there's been an insufficient number of volunteers for the job, so I'll have to select someone
Hand-to-mouth and insufficient are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Insufficient".
Nearby Words: insufficiency, insufficiently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and hand-to-mouth
- low and insufficient
- short and hand-to-mouth
- short and insufficient
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- poor and insufficient
- inadequate and hand-to-mouth
- inadequate and insufficient
- spare and hand-to-mouth
- spare and insufficient
- scanty and hand-to-mouth
- scanty and insufficient
- wanting and hand-to-mouth
- wanting and insufficient
Cite this Source
Insufficient and Hand-to-mouth. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/insufficient
Hand-to-mouth & Insufficient. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hand-to-mouth/insufficient>.
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