Insufficient
Insufficient adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Middling and insufficient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Middling" instead an adjective "Insufficient".
Nearby Words: insufficiency, insufficiently
Middling
Middling adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Insufficient and middling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Insufficient" instead an adjective "Middling".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and insufficient
- mean and middling
- inferior and insufficient
- inferior and middling
- poor and insufficient
- poor and middling
- small and insufficient
- small and middling
- bad and insufficient
- bad and middling
- second-rate and insufficient
- second-rate and middling
- modest and insufficient
- modest and middling
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