5
hapless(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
5
incidental(adjective, mean, slight, small, unimportant)
5
ineffective(adjective, poor, base, inferior, insignificant)
5
low-quality(adjective, feature, characteristic, mean, bad)
5
moderate(adjective, light, simple, reasonable, easy)
5
modest(adjective, reasonable, slight, lower, poor)
5
peanut(weak, small, insignificant, unimportant, feeble)
5
sad(adjective, mean, bad, moving, lower)
5
scrubby(adjective, mean, simple, poor, inferior)
5
set(adjective, fine, poor, thin, trivial)
5
slim(adjective, slight, fine, thin, small)
5
small-time(adjective, mean, bad, light, slight)
5
tenuous(adjective, slight, poor, inadequate, limited)
5
ungenerous(adjective, small, meager, stingy, miserly)
5
unsatisfactory(adjective, weak, poor, miserable, inferior)
5
vain(adjective, slight, small, inferior, inadequate)
5
woeful(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, terrible)
4
bad(adjective, mean, weak, lower, sad)
4
cheesy(adjective, good, mean, bad, poor)
4
coarse(adjective, common, usual, immoral, dishonorable)
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