| bankrupt(adjective, poor, short, empty, exhausted) |
| bare(adjective, clear, weak, free, content) |
| base(adjective, weak, poor, small, common) |
| brief(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) |
| depleted(adjective, weak, flat, poor, small) |
| deprived of(expression, adjective, flat, poor, short) |
| destitute of |
| embryonic(adjective, incomplete) |
| flawed(adjective, weak, poor, inferior, short) |
| fragmentary(adjective, incomplete) |
| in short supply(expression, adjective, idiom) |
| inconsiderable(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant) |
| insignificant(adjective, weak, poor, small, common) |
| mean(adjective, clear, weak, poor, small) |
| not enough(expression, idiom, weak, poor, insufficient) |
| not in |
| out of(verb, phrasal verb) |
| patchy(adjective, incomplete) |
| slight(adjective, weak, poor, small, common) |
| small-minded(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant) |