deficiency; inadequacy &c (insufficiency) 640; peccancy &c (badness)
649 [Obs.]; immaturity &c 674.
fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw &c (break) 70; gap &c
198; twist &c 243; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat;
blemish &c 848; weakness &c 160; half blood; shortcoming &c 304;
drawback; seamy side.
mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of;
one-horse shay.
V. be imperfect &c adj.; have a defect &c n.; lie under a disadvantage;
spring a leak.
not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short &c 304.
Adj. imperfect; not perfect &c 650; deficient, defective; faulty,
unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung;
warped &c (distort) 243; lame; injured &c (deteriorated) 659; peccant
&c (bad) 649; frail &c (weak) 160; inadequate &c (insufficient) 640;
crude &c (unprepared) 674; incomplete &c 53; found wanting; below par;
short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below
its full complement.
indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average &c 29; so-so;
coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well,
pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well
enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable†,
unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing.
secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.].
Adv. almost &c; to a limited extent, rather &c 32; pretty, moderately,
passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.
Phr. surgit amari aliquid [Lat.].