| partial(adjective, incomplete) |
| patchy(adjective, incomplete) |
| puny(adjective, light, weak, soft, slight) |
| second-rate(adjective, weak, poor, miserable, inferior) |
| shoddy(adjective, weak, poor, miserable, inferior) |
| short of(adjective, lacking, enough) |
| small-minded(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant) |
| spare(adjective, close, light, weak, slight) |
| straitened |
| substandard(adjective, weak, poor, miserable, inferior) |
| trivial(adjective, light, weak, soft, slight) |
| unavailing(adjective, weak, failure, short, useless) |
| undone(adjective, incomplete) |
| unequal to(verb, phrasal verb, insufficiency) |
| untenable(adjective, useless, unfit, unacceptable) |
| abortive(failure, inutility) |
| awkward(adjective, inadequate, useless, inept, unable) |
| bantam(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant) |
| below par(expression, adjective, idiom, weak, poor) |
| bereft(adjective, lacking, enough) |