Insufficient
Insufficient adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Undersized and insufficient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Undersized" instead an adjective "Insufficient".
Nearby Words: insufficiency, insufficiently
Undersized
Undersized adjective - Of a size that is less than average.
Usage example: though a football all-star in high school, he was just a mediocre, undersized player at the college level
Insufficient and undersized are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Insufficient" instead an adjective "Undersized".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and insufficient
- low and undersized
- short and insufficient
- short and undersized
- insignificant and insufficient
- insignificant and undersized
- poor and insufficient
- poor and undersized
- small and insufficient
- small and undersized
- inadequate and insufficient
- inadequate and undersized
- feeble and insufficient
- feeble and undersized
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