Synonyms of inadequate

1 Syllable

short, paled, bad, thin, junk, weak, poor, low, shy, lame, small, lean, sans, glitch, bare, leans, dry

2 Syllables

leaner, inapt, feebler, shoestring, uncool, flimsier, parter, doughier, doughy, runter, lacking, scanty, sparsest, lousy, palest, feeblest, leanest, woeful, badder, sketchy, spare, punker, sticker, failing, flimsy, ruthful, bitty, barren, wimpy, faultier, pithless, strengthless, minus, lemon, meager, paler, sketchier, baddest, scarce, cruddy, sparse, faulty, skimpy, feeble, half-done, stinted, sparser, unfit, stunted

3 Syllables

pitiful, uncostly, beggarly, nonexpert, bush-league, shorthanded, pitiable, sylphlike, unthriving, unable, impotent, pathetic, sterile, exiguous, unskilled, imperfect, forceless, depleted, faint-hearted, slack-spined, miserly, niggardly, second-rate, deficient, unpleasing, second-best, substandard, spineless, unequal, impuissant, unfitted

4 Syllables

incomplete, untalented, exhaustible, unsatisfying, unfulfilling, unsuitable, defective, entry-level, unsufficient, inproficient, unequipped, defeasible, disappointing, unqualified, ill-equipped, parsimonious, nugatory, insubstantial, insufficient, incompetent, ineffectual, incapable

5 Syllables

inconsequential, invertebrate, inappreciable, unprofessional, unretentive, unpersuasive, amoebalike, anticlimactic, commiserable, unproductive, ineffective, unaccomplished, unexecuted, unconsummated, inefficacious

6 Syllables

incommensurable, incommensurate, dissatisfactory, inconsiderable