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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Below a standard of quality: bad, bum1, unsatisfactory. Idioms: below par, not up to scratch (or snuff) . See GOOD. 2. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin. Slang : measly. See BIG, EXCESS. 3. Arousing or deserving pity: pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, rueful, ruthful. See PITY. 4. Having little or no money or wealth: beggarly, destitute, down-and-out, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, penurious, poverty-stricken. Informal : broke, strapped. Idioms: hard up, on one's uppers. See RICH. 5. Of decidedly inferior quality: base2, cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, rotten, shoddy, sleazy, trashy. Informal : cheesy. Slang : crummy, schlocky. See GOOD.
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