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aplastic anemia |
a type of anemia caused by inadequate production of leukocytes, platelets, and the like by the bone marrow. |
beggar |
to cause to seem inadequate. [1/4 definitions] |
beggarly |
very inadequate; measly. [1/2 definitions] |
complain |
to express such negative feelings habitually or with inadequate cause. [1/3 definitions] |
condemn |
to call wrong, evil, or inadequate; strongly disapprove of. [1/3 definitions] |
deficient |
inadequate in amount or extent. [1/2 definitions] |
flimsy |
lacking soundness or credibility; inadequate. [1/3 definitions] |
inadequacy |
the condition, fact, or an instance of being inadequate. |
insufficient |
inadequate in number, degree, amount, or quality; not sufficient. |
lame |
weak or inadequate. [1/4 definitions] |
leak |
in electronics or electrical transmission, the loss of electrical current, usu. resulting from inadequate insulation. [1/10 definitions] |
malnutrition |
poor or inadequate nutrition. |
measly |
(informal) ridiculously inadequate or unsatisfactory; paltry. [1/2 definitions] |
mockery |
something absurdly inadequate or offensively unfitting. [1/4 definitions] |
pathetic |
miserably ineffective or inadequate; worthy of arousing scorn or ridicule. [1/2 definitions] |
Potemkin village |
a false front or facade, usu. built or created to conceal something shabby or inadequate. |
put to shame |
to make (someone or something) appear inadequate by comparison. [1/2 definitions] |
railroad |
(informal) to accuse or convict (someone) unjustly, esp. with inadequate evidence. [1/5 definitions] |
reject |
something discarded or returned as being defective or inadequate. [1/5 definitions] |
scant |
to supply with an inadequate or barely adequate quantity or amount. [1/6 definitions] |
smattering |
a small or inadequate amount, esp. of knowledge of a subject. |
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