underfilled
Below the line
Underfilled describes something that hasn't been filled to capacity or to the expected level.
A container is underfilled when it holds less than it should: The cereal box was clearly underfilled.
The term applies to jobs, quotas, or requirements that remain partially vacant: The position has been underfilled for months.
Deficient supply of necessities
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
inadequate · deficit · understocked · shortfall · depleted · lacking · wanting · low
Failing to meet expectations
- unsatisfyingFailing to gratify
- disappointingFailing to satisfy expectations
- subparBelow acceptable quality
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
unfulfilling · letdown · anticlimactic · mediocre · unmet · shortchanged · cheated · inferior
Holding nothing inside
- half-emptyContaining fifty percent
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- volumeAmount of space filled
void · hollow · vacant · unstocked · depleted · drained · remaining · space
Not yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
- underutilizedInsufficiently put to work
- dormantInactive but capable
- latentPresent but inactive
unused · capacity · headroom · expandable · available · reserve · opportunity · upside
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- scantBarely adequate amount
- meagerDeficient in quantity
sparse · inadequate · deficit · understocked · shortfall · depleted · lacking · wanting · low · light
underwhelming
Failing to meet expectations
- unsatisfyingFailing to gratify
- disappointingFailing to satisfy expectations
- subparBelow acceptable quality
inadequate · unfulfilling · letdown · anticlimactic · mediocre · unmet · shortchanged · cheated · inferior · substandard
empty
Holding nothing inside
- half-emptyContaining fifty percent
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- capacityMaximum amount containable
volume · void · hollow · vacant · unstocked · depleted · drained · remaining · space · room
untapped
Not yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
- underutilizedInsufficiently put to work
- dormantInactive but capable
latent · unused · capacity · headroom · expandable · available · reserve · opportunity · upside · slack
underfilledoverfilled
Exceeded maximum capacity
overflowing · brimming · filled to capacity · filled to the brim · full