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| unfinished(slight, poor, small, miserable) | |
| incompetent(weak, poor, low, short) | |
| niggardly(weak, poor, small, common) | |
| bad(quality, weak, poor, false) | |
| stingy(poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) | |
| substandard(weak, rough, poor, awful) | |
| weak(slight, poor, false, small) | |
| missing(poor, short, inadequate, exhausted) | |
| rare(close, light, poor, exceptional) | |
| sketchy(inadequate, bare, incomplete, imperfect) | |
| impaired(poor, false, inferior, inadequate) | |
| low(poor, mediocre, insufficient, reduced) | |
| shabby(weak, slight, poor, small) | |
| sparse(close, light, weak, slight) | |
| unsound(poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) | |
| damaged(bad, poor, inadequate, incomplete) | |
| partial(inadequate, incomplete, imperfect, inexact) | |
| patchy(incomplete, inexact, warped, defective) | |
| absent | |
| amiss(rough, poor, inadequate, atrocious) |
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