too little
Short of adequate
Too little describes an amount insufficient for a purpose or need—the opposite of too much.
It often appears with too late: Too little, too late.
The phrase emphasizes inadequacy: We have too little time, They offered too little money.
Something can also be too little in size: These shoes are too little for me now.
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- slim pickingsVery limited options
- lackingBeing without something
scarce · sparse · deficient · inadequate · bare minimum · skimpy · paltry · measly · next to nothing · drop in the bucket · shortfall · pittance · crumbs · scraps · scraping by · wanting · bare · thin
- ratingsA rating, rating, one star, five stars, rating scale
too littletoo much
Beyond acceptable limits
excessive · overabundant · more than enough · plenty · in excess
too littleenough
Meeting the requirement
sufficient · adequate · just right · satisfactory · plenty
too littletoo much
Beyond acceptable limits
overly · excessively · to excess · over the top · in abundance
too, little, littler, littlest, belittle, belittles, belittled, belittling, belittlement