short of
adjective
Roget 304:
unreached;
deficient;
short,
short of;
minus;
out of depth;
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460.
Roget 640:
insufficient,
inadequate;
too little
etc.
32;
not enough
etc.
639;
unequal to;
incompetent
etc.
(impotent)
158;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;"
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460;
deficient
etc.
(incomplete)
53;
wanting,
etc.
v.;
imperfect
etc.
651;
ill-furnished,
ill-provided,
ill-stored,
ill-off.
slack,
at a low ebb;
empty,
vacant,
bare;
short of,
out of,
destitute of,
devoid of,
bereft of
etc.
789;
denuded of;
dry,
drained.
unprovided,
unsupplied†,
unfurnished;
unreplenished,
unfed†;
unstored†,
untreasured†;
empty-handed.
meager,
poor,
thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted;
starved,
starving;
halfstarved,
famine-stricken,
famished;
jejune.
scant
etc.
(small)
32;
scarce;
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money,
not to be had at any price;
scurvy;
stingy
etc.
819;
at the end of one's tether;
without resources
etc.
632;
in want
etc.
(poor)
804;
in debt
etc.
806.
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adverb
Roget 32:
to a small extent
[in a small degree],
on a small scale;
a little bit,
a wee bit;
slightly
etc.
adj.;
imperceptibly;
miserably,
wretchedly;
insufficiently
etc.
640;
imperfectly;
faintly
etc.
160;
passably,
pretty well,
well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree]
partially,
in part;
in a certain degree,
to a certain degree;
to a certain extent;
comparatively;
some,
rather in some degree,
in some measure;
something,
somewhat;
simply,
only,
purely,
merely;
at least,
at the least,
at most,
at the most;
ever so little,
as little as may be,
tant soit peu [Fr.],
in ever so small a degree;
thus far,
pro tanto [It],
within bounds,
in a manner,
after a fashion,
so to speak.
almost,
nearly,
well-nigh,
short of,
not quite,
all but;
near upon,
close upon;
peu s'en faut [Fr.],
near the mark;
within an ace of,
within an inch of;
on the brink of;
scarcely,
hardly,
barely,
only just,
no more than.
about
[in an uncertain degree],
thereabouts,
somewhere about,
nearly,
say;
be the same,
be little more or less.
no ways
[in no degree],
no way,
no wise;
not at all,
not in the least,
not a bit,
not a bit of it,
not a whit,
not a jot,
not a shadow;
in no wise,
in no respect;
by no means,
by no manner of means;
on no account,
at no hand.
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Roget 34:
less;
under the mark,
below the mark,
below par;
at the bottom of the scale,
at a low ebb,
at a disadvantage;
short of,
under.
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Roget 38:
in deduction
etc.
n.;
less;
short of;
minus,
without,
except,
except for,
excepting,
with the exception of,
barring,
save,
exclusive of,
save and except,
with a reservation;
not counting,
if one doesn't count.
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adjective
Roget 53:
incomplete;
imperfect
etc.
651;
unfinished;
uncompleted
etc.
(complete)
etc.
729;
defective,
deficient,
wanting,
lacking,
failing;
in default,
in arrear†;
short of;
hollow,
meager,
lame,
halfand-half,
perfunctory,
sketchy;
crude
etc.
(unprepared)
674.
mutilated,
garbled,
docked,
lopped,
truncated.
in progress,
in hand;
going on,
proceeding.
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Moby thesaurus: at a disadvantage, at the nadir, bankrupt in, bare of, below, below the mark, bereft of, deficient, denuded of, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, empty of, for want of, forlorn of, in default of, in the gutter, in want of, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, lacking, least, least of all, less, minus, missing, needing, out of, out of pocket, scant of, short, shy, shy of, unblessed with, under, under par, unpossessed of, unreached, void of, wanting ... show more.
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