slighter

adjective

Definition of slighternext
as in littler

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  1. insufficient
  2. inadequate
  3. lesser
  4. deficient
Adjective
  • The number is increasing and the resources are insufficient to meet the demand.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • The company expects its current cash resources to be insufficient for the next 12 months.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of insufficient
Adjective
  • In April, Inspector General Christi Grimm defended her office’s work in congressional testimony but also asserted that its resources are inadequate.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Acero said in a statement to the Tribune that the schools are closing due to insufficient funding, a lack of enrollment and inadequate spaces to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of inadequate
Adjective
  • Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.
    Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The story of 2022 (and 2021 to a lesser extent) was energy.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
Definition of lesser
Adjective
  • This Tuesday's particular presidential election is also the most important election of our lifetimes for a simple additional reason: Harris is the most ideologically left-wing, intellectually deficient, and wildly unprepared presidential candidate in the nation's history.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In the early seventies, when addicts were viewed as criminals or morally deficient, Gruppo Abele became a nonjudgmental refuge for homeless people and juvenile offenders.
    D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of deficient
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slighter

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