244 entries under poor topic. ×
| crude(adjective, weak, rough, miserable) | |
| dry(adjective, incompetent, insufficient, deficient) | |
| pale(adjective, dull, light, soft) | |
| petty(adjective, mean, light, moving, slight) | |
| piddling(adjective, quantity, modest, meager) | |
| puny(adjective, mean, light, weak, moving) | |
| shoddy(adjective, mean, weak, miserable) | |
| slender(adjective, close, light, slight) | |
| tight(adjective, small, insignificant, unimportant) | |
| trivial(adjective, mean, light, weak, soft) | |
| unfinished(adjective, rough, deficient, imperfect) | |
| below par(expression, adjective, idiom, weak) | |
| contemptible(adjective, mean, weak, nasty) | |
| damaged(adjective, bad, offensive, cheap) | |
| derisory(adjective, mean, miserable, short) | |
| found wanting(expression, adjective, idiom, inferior) | |
| fragile(adjective, weak, slight, thin) | |
| impaired(adjective, deficient, substandard, broken) | |
| jejune(adjective, small, insignificant, unimportant) | |
| lamentable(adjective, small, insignificant, unimportant) |
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