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  1. Lacking breadth

    close, cramped, tight, confined, shrunken, compressed, slender, thin, fine, linear, threadlike, tapering, tapered, slim, spare, scant, scanty, incapacious, attenuated, strait, coarctate, lanky, spindling, small, meager; see also restricted.

    Antonyms broad, wide, extensive.

  2. Lacking tolerance

    dogmatic, narrow-minded, parochial; see conservative, conventional 3, prejudiced.

  3. Lacking understanding

    ill-advised, imprudent, irrational; see stupid 1.

  4. Lacking a comfortable margin

    close, near, precarious; see dangerous 1, endangered, unsafe.

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