Another word for under
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Adjective
Not enough to meet a demand or requirement
- Absent; lacking:
- Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
- Without; missing:
- Easily startled; timid:
- Tending to avoid contact or familiarity with others; retiring or reserved:
- Characterized by reserve or diffidence:
- Having little length; not long.
- Having little height; not tall.
- Extending or traveling not far or not far enough:
- Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply:
- Hard to find; absent or rare:
- Barely or hardly; scarcely.
- Not sufficient; inadequate.
- Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
- Lacking an essential quality or element:
- Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient:
Below another in standing or importance
- Insignificant or unimportant; minor:
- Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
- Subject to the authority or control of another.
- One that is subordinate.
- A person who is lower in position or rank; a subordinate.
- A person who is marginalized and oppressed by the dominant culture, especially in a colonial context.
- Such people considered as a group.
- Being below average in size:
- Being below average in quantity or extent:
- Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
- Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary:
- Following what is first in time or sequence:
- Of or relating to secondary schools.
- Of small importance; trivial:
- Narrow-minded or ungenerous, especially in trifling matters:
- Of lesser importance or rank; subordinate:
- A league of professional sports clubs that are not in the major leagues but are usually owned by or affiliated with major-league teams.
- Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.
- Lesser in importance, rank, or stature:
- Lesser in seriousness or danger:
- To look angry, sullen, or threatening.
- To appear dark or stormy, as the sky.
- A threatening, sullen, or angry look.
- Having little relative height; not high or tall:
- Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces:
- Near to the ground or the horizon:
- Smaller in amount, value, or importance, especially in a comparison between two things:
- Of a smaller size than other, similar forms:
- Less. Used before a participle:
- Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.
- Intended for or including youthful persons:
- Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure:
- Low or lower in order, degree, or rank:
- Low or lower in quality, value, or estimation:
- Second-rate; poor:
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Another word for under
Other
Referring to physical position
- designating or of an actor or role that is subordinate to or of lesser importance than that of a lead or principal
- In a lower place; below.
- Underneath.
- Lower than; below:
- In or to a lower place; beneath.
- On or to a lower floor; downstairs.
- On or to a lower deck.
Subject to authority
Included within
- Coming next in time or order:
- Now to be enumerated:
- Blowing in the same direction as the course of a ship or aircraft. Used of wind.
- At a later time than; after.
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