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Adjective
Deficient or inadequate in amount
Deficient or inadequate in quality
(
of a quality
)
Absent or not present
(
lacking in
)
Without or deficient in (something)
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
Subject to deprivation
Being required or essential for a given objective
Having a need or requirement for something
In dire need of something
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion
With empty pockets
Containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something
Empty or not occupied
No longer present
Preposition
Not having or lacking in
Without, deprived of (something)
Noun
With an insufficiency of
Verb
Present participle for to have a need for something
Present participle for to be without or deficient in something
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Adjective
▲
Deficient or inadequate in amount
deficient
inadequate
insufficient
low
wanting
limited
incommensurate
scarce
insubstantial
meager
US
meagre
UK
measly
minimal
scant
scanty
short
slight
sparse
bereft
drained
finite
lean
paltry
piddling
restricted
small
incomplete
needed
shy
coming up short
not hacking it
not making it
not enough
in short supply
too few
too little
too small
skimpy
poor
exiguous
thin
few
negligible
at a premium
rare
destitute
inappreciable
inconsiderable
spare
barren
hard to find
hard to come by
slim
little
light
thin on the ground
sparing
unfinished
infrequent
skimp
slender
failing
nominal
insignificant
trifling
bare
derisory
stingy
like gold dust
few and far between
missing
not to be had
not to be had for love nor money
reduced
diminished
devoid
imperfect
shabby
unsatisfactory
tenuous
scrimpy
sketchy
depleted
short on
low on
uncommon
sporadic
weak
dwindling
occasional
inconsequential
imperceptible
puny
short of
too little too late
unproductive
stunted
stinted
seldom met with
marginal
infinitesimal
tight
tiny
fractional
fragmentary
with an insufficiency
jejune
miserable
not appropriate for
mean
flimsy
seldom
truncated
threatened
shortened
semioccasional
with too little …
lacking in
wanting in
with too few …
minimum
short-handed
deprived
out of gas
scattered
subtle
mere
miserly
unfruitful
scrimp
infertile
bitty
hand-to-mouth
pathetic
laughable
feeble
lame
running low
strapped for
with an insufficiency of
pushed for
parsimonious
junk
scarcer than hen's teeth
modest
dry
exhaustible
unqualified
less
middling
unample
minus
incompetent
unfitted
incapable
bush-league
mediocre
straggling
unusual
minute
unfrequent
cut
shoddy
out of
widely spaced
in the minority
low in numbers
seldom seen
out of the ordinary
seldom found
run-down
at a low level
trivial
piffling
petty
pitiful
nugatory
minor
mingy
unimportant
minuscule
beggarly
incidental
ungenerous
picayune
unsubstantial
faint
frivolous
immaterial
irrelevant
niggling
meaningless
footling
piddly
frugal
worthless
of no account
of no consequence
pointless
lightweight
poxy
nonessential
Mickey Mouse
pitiable
of no importance
outside
trite
remote
pimping
off
frail
no-account
diminutive
fiddling
de minimis
fragile
of little account
not worth mentioning
of little consequence
contemptible
of little importance
dinky
superficial
casual
narrow
chicken
peanut
secondary
valueless
ignorable
lesser
nickel-and-dime
small-fry
vague
dispersed
isolated
second-rate
smallish
thinning
lamentable
unlikely
idle
nondescript
inessential
foolish
thinly distributed
base
distant
purportless
everyday
non-essential
implausible
improbable
far-fetched
dubious
doubtful
small-bore
of minor importance
small-time
of no moment
shoestring
not worth bothering about
disappointing
minuscular
humble
lousy
despicable
confined
on the small side
little bitty
wispy
economical
unsufficient
token
basal
close
lowly
ordinary
subnormal
peripheral
diffuse
mild
peppercorn
extraneous
senseless
barely sufficient
gentle
unconsiderable
not worth speaking of
of little import
shallow
hardly any
next to none
next to no
smaller
pettifogging
commonplace
small potatoes
dicey
iffy
absurd
inconceivable
questionable
minor-league
of no great concern
two-bit
low-ranking
woeful
sad
insipid
penny-ante
twopenny-halfpenny
little or no
not much
silly
wanky
scrubby
lilliputian
cheap
momentary
atomic
beside the point
microscopic
skin-deep
evanescent
vanishing
bare-boned
far
faraway
outlying
sorry
wretched
odd
irregular
intermittent
exceptional
unaccustomed
fitful
spasmodic
unwonted
sometime
stray
out of the common
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
more ❯
“Funds were severely
lacking
, and we would have a tough time paying our bills.”
Adjective
▲
Deficient or inadequate in quality
inferior
substandard
bad
deficient
poor
suboptimal
subpar
dissatisfactory
lousy
subnormal
unsatisfactory
wanting
abysmal
appalling
atrocious
average
dismal
dreadful
execrable
lame
lamentable
ordinary
pathetic
terrible
unexceptional
unsound
crummy
defective
deplorable
diabolical
dire
disagreeable
faulty
flawed
impaired
imperfect
inadequate
junk
junky
low
pedestrian
rotten
rubbish
shoddy
rubbishy
unacceptable
sub-par
under par
low-quality
second-rate
below average
below par
below standard
third-rate
leaving much to be desired
not cutting it
mediocre
weak
disappointing
not up to scratch
insufficient
low-grade
wretched
feeble
shabby
abject
awful
paltry
miserable
displeasing
sad
pitiful
unworthy
crumby
meager
US
insubstantial
inconsiderable
meagre
UK
worthless
middling
off
undesirable
schlocky
not up to par
bush-league
found wanting
less-than-stellar
not good enough
low-rent
not up to standard
sketchy
half-pie
puny
bodger
reduced
inefficient
limited
jerry-built
crude
tinny
impotent
ineffectual
little
undistinguished
uninspired
trashy
less than ideal
inappreciable
sparing
ineffective
restricted
frightful
piddling
hopeless
off-form
not up to snuff
bum
scant
inept
not okay
objectionable
laughable
not acceptable
too little
bereft
tatty
tenth-rate
ropy
duff
pants
valueless
grotty
craptacular
common
schlock
cheesy
gimcrack
cheap
cheapjack
coarse
sleazy
trumpery
under-strength
direful
egregious
weak sauce
cut-rate
el cheapo
bargain-basement
a load of pants
dissatisfying
unsuitable
insufferable
impermissible
wrong
intolerable
wack
inadmissible
inappropriate
ill
punk
bush
sour
amiss
distressing
damaged
disquieting
regrettable
disturbing
disconcerting
no good
for the birds
no great shakes
not much cop
leaving a lot to be desired
second-class
two-bit
useless
contemptible
poxy
sorry
pitiable
dodgy
the pits
base
lemon
poorer
indifferent
downmarket
tawdry
poor-quality
good-for-nothing
hack
dime-a-dozen
déclassé
not up to much
horrible
garbage
low-end
abominable
disastrous
disgraceful
damnable
cruddy
poor quality
horrendous
horrid
woeful
rough
from hunger
chronic
stinking
hellacious
grungy
scurrilous
beastly
not good
grody
irremediable
indefensible
pits
shameful
uncomfortable
unpleasant
God-awful
very bad
nasty
hateful
amateurish
unimpressive
cheapo
poorly
tacky
dubious
questionable
won't do
inacceptable
not on
insupportable
condemnable
half-baked
out
second rate
of poor quality
repugnant
of low quality
reject
off-colour
UK
off-color
US
revolting
repulsive
repellant
repellent
hellish
rancid
disgustful
rebarbative
loathly
bad news
raunchy
tinhorn
downer
icky
unspeakable
odious
diddly
fallacious
bummer
godawful
detestable
grim
gross
erroneous
not the best
blah
reprehensible
sucky
stinky
cheapie
more ❯
“The audio quality is quite clearly
lacking
in these sound files.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a quality
)
Absent or not present
absent
missing
nonexistent
wanting
unavailable
non-existent
not present
not there
not to be found
short
deficient
removed
inexistent
vanished
devoid
scarce
omitted
in short supply
not included
left out
few and far between
nowhere to be found
left behind
“They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely
lacking
in the past.”
Adjective
▲
(
lacking in
)
Without or deficient in (something)
without
minus
sans
needing
wanting
bereft of
deficient in
devoid of
deprived of
destitute of
free from
free of
low on
short on
bankrupt of
empty of
lacking in
in need of
void of
wanting in
barren of
depleted of
drained of
short of
denuded of
not having
completely lacking in
exhausted of
unprovided with
emptied of
devoid
bereft
bare
void
bankrupt
destitute
barren
deprived
empty
denuded
bare of
vacant of
deficient
exhausted
depleted
shorn of
in need
stripped of
drained
short
scant
shy
less
wanting for
starved of
stripped
naked
divested
impoverished
robbed
beggared
fleeced
dispossessed
starved
shorn
spent
free
parted from
nescient
clear
robbed of
clean out of
cut off
fresh out of
cut off from
left without
ignorant
clean
innocent
unfamiliar with
unacquainted with
untouched by
rid
relieved
vacant
unaffected by
freed from
no longer affected by
more ❯
“The concert was rather dull and
lacking
in energy.”
Adjective
▲
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
incompetent
inept
inexpert
incapable
unskilled
unfit
inadequate
useless
unqualified
amateurish
ineffectual
inferior
unskillful
unskilful
ineffective
bungling
unfitted
amateur
substandard
inexperienced
clumsy
inapt
pathetic
inefficient
unable
untrained
hopeless
deficient
unproficient
unprofessional
maladroit
blundering
awkward
wanting
unequipped
unsuitable
unhandy
floundering
insufficient
cowboy
ineligible
disqualified
raw
incapacitated
unapt
undependable
helpless
unadapted
uninitiated
unreliable
unworkmanlike
no good
cack-handed
not equal to
ham-fisted
a dead loss
not good enough
lacking ability
not up to scratch
bush-league
skill-less
not much cop
not cut out for
not up to snuff
leaving much to be desired
not up to it
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
impotent
powerless
inadept
loser
unequal
unsatisfactory
lousy
bad
imperfect
poor
faulty
defective
duff
weak
noneffective
not much chop
no great shakes
bumbling
gauche
graceless
ham-handed
crude
butterfingered
ungainly
botched
dilettante
ungraceful
heavy-handed
inelegant
dilettantish
all thumbs
unco
green
lumbering
nonprofessional
unprepared
jackleg
gawky
clodhopping
uncoordinated
oafish
stumbling
slipshod
all fingers and thumbs
unpolished
fumbling
unpractised
shoddy
sloppy
cloddish
fumbled
handless
unsuited
klutzy
rude
inefficacious
not up to
slapdash
left-handed
gawkish
inproficient
unrefined
undexterous
untalented
butterfingers
artless
can't hack it
foolish
muddled
ill-equipped
botching
hapless
untaught
tactless
careless
bodged
unaccomplished
stiff
unsophisticated
injudicious
ponderous
coarse
incompatible
gangling
inappropriate
uncultivated
worthless
clownish
uncouth
improper
unpracticed
unschooled
ill-suited
ill-judged
insipid
not cut out
half-baked
out of your depth
with two left feet
having two left feet
having two left hands
rough-hewn
hack
improficient
shambling
talentless
backwards
mutton-fisted
nonexpert
bum
feeble
second-rate
unstudied
inoperative
suboptimal
subpar
unwieldy
bush
wooden
naive
without finesse
negligent
fumbly
not equipped to
lubberly
stilted
couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
coltish
lacking finesse
can't cut it
ill-bred
not qualified
non-qualified
unequal to the task
not prepared
lumpish
not know one's arse from one's elbow
lacking experience
incapable of
unqualified for
untrained for
unable to do something
bulky
unproductive
broken
flimsy
junk
not proper
unadvantageous
futile
inconsistent
limited
incompetent at
out of one's element
can't make the grade
rough
simple
untutored
unsubtle
untactful
primitive
rustic
insensitive
thoughtless
impolitic
indelicate
inconsiderate
undiplomatic
ignorant
unversed
unacquainted
uninformed
non-technical
rudimentary
plain
unchartered
uneducated
unlicensed
uncertificated
jerry-built
non-professional
new
lay
rough and ready
jerry-rigged
jury-rigged
rough-and-tumble
rough-and-ready
untamed
illiterate
undisciplined
novice
nescient
wild
inapposite
not trained
indecorous
infelicitous
incongruous
unbecoming
unseemly
amiss
wrong
unfitting
unbefitting
untoward
unladylike
malapropos
ungentlemanly
heavy
unadept
untimely
ill-advised
ill-considered
inexpedient
inadvisable
regrettable
misguided
unfortunate
blunderous
elephantine
stupid
undue
slow
incorrect
inopportune
misplaced
perverse
tasteless
unhappy
ill-timed
dull
labored
US
laboured
UK
lacking in propriety
out of keeping
ill-fitted
out of place
undesirable
ill-adapted
unfacile
flat
jejune
unmeet
banal
accident-prone
like a bull in a china shop
in poor taste
in bad taste
out of order
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
incomplete
insufficient
partial
defective
deficient
imperfect
wanting
fragmentary
patchy
short
sketchy
unfinished
abridged
bitty
fragmented
scrappy
shortened
undeveloped
undone
half-pie
qualified
restricted
unaccomplished
unexecuted
broken
crude
curtailed
expurgated
fractional
garbled
immature
inadequate
inchoate
incoherent
meagre
UK
meager
US
not entire
not total
not whole
part
piecemeal
rough
rude
rudimentary
unconsummated
underdone
unpolished
unwhole
under construction
limited
half-done
scant
superficial
outline
broad-brush
thumbnail
perfunctory
low
skeletal
lacking in detail
disjointed
fragmental
disconnected
half
unsystematic
halfway
uneven
inconsistent
green
raw
unformed
unripe
uncompleted
untidy
jumbled
unperformed
inexperienced
callow
sectional
unmellowed
juvenile
unfledged
adolescent
puerile
unripened
not ripe
disorganized
US
slipshod
unfulfilled
patchwork
disorganised
UK
unachieved
neglected
confused
thrown together
half-
fitful
rambling
unresolved
unconnected
irregular
varying
variable
half done
underdeveloped
not developed
scattered
erratic
discontinuous
discrete
inconclusive
in pieces
half-grown
unready
cursory
sour
premature
vague
skimpy
slight
imprecise
young
fresh
scanty
hurried
hasty
fuzzy
not mature
provisional
compartmented
dismembered
dispersed
compartmental
parceled
US
apportioned
frationary
divided
constituent
segmented
faulty
preliminary
cobbled together
woolly
UK
uncritical
shallow
coarse
wooly
US
unclear
hazy
introductory
depthless
not matured
parcelled
UK
on the back of an envelope
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Subject to deprivation
deprived
destitute
disadvantaged
needy
poor
impoverished
penurious
underprivileged
necessitous
broke
impecunious
distressed
depressed
rundown
bereft
denuded
forlorn
dispossessed
underserved
wanting
poverty-stricken
in want
in need
badly off
in reduced circumstances
unable to make ends meet
down at heel
on the bread line
unable to keep the wolf from the door
strapped
struggling
hard up
discriminated against
impaired
in distress
hindered
handicapped
ill-supplied
unfortunate
ill-furnished
pushed
skint
indigent
dirt-poor
short
moneyless
bust
bankrupt
pauperized
stony-broke
beggared
in penury
down-and-out
needful
without a sou
flat broke
famished
cleaned out
beggarly
on the breadline
insolvent
threadbare
ruined
down and out
flat
clean
strapped for cash
on last leg
without two farthings to rub together
dirt poor
over a barrel
without two pennies to rub together
down to last penny
stony broke
without a dime
as poor as a church mouse
in Queer Street
in the gutter
stone broke
penniless
out of pocket
out at elbows
dead broke
without a penny
without two brass farthings to rub together
tapped out
down on luck
without a penny to one's name
on one's uppers
in straitened circumstances
boracic
unprosperous
boracic lint
without a bean
on skid row
without a red cent
pinched
hard-pressed
low-income
up against it
without a brass farthing
unlucky
reduced
neglected
truly needy
homeless
stony
busted
wiped out
have-not
without two pennies farthings to rub together
unfavored
unaffluent
unprivileged
inadequately serviced
underserviced
down to last cent
crippled
broken
on the dole
signing on
low-paid
in distressed circumstances
straitened
short of money
stripped
divested
deficient
totaled
hurting
scanty
empty-handed
low
meager
US
fortuneless
suffering
meagre
UK
deprived of
devoid of
played out
in need of
on the rocks
bad off
shabby
derelict
slummy
seedy
behind eight ball
ghost
shanty
ghetto
run down
run-down
skid row
hapless
in dire straits
economically disadvantaged
ill-fated
ill-starred
on one's beam ends
poor as a church mouse
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being required or essential for a given objective
needed
necessary
required
essential
desired
requisite
critical
integral
vital
wanted
compulsory
imperative
indispensable
mandatory
necessitous
obligatory
all-important
lacked
needful
called for
must-have
of the essence
important
crucial
key
prerequisite
fundamental
paramount
pivotal
significant
consequential
pre-eminent
urgent
central
high-priority
compelling
pressing
of great consequence
of the utmost importance
vitally important
basic
burning
life-and-death
acute
principal
cardinal
chief
intrinsic
quintessential
core
constitutive
momentous
de rigueur
demanded
substantive
prime
elementary
primary
all important
decisive
focal
appropriate
specified
preferred
proper
foremost
stipulated
rudimentary
inherent
incumbent
exigent
staple
preeminent
innate
main
meaningful
major
capital
meat-and-potatoes
very important
right
recommended
chosen
expected
correct
intended
suitable
anticipated
nonelective
selected
forced
peremptory
structural
involuntary
basal
unavoidable
binding
compulsatory
elemental
bottom-line
foundational
underlying
expedient
rightful
rudimental
nitty-gritty
called-for
salient
radical
deciding
influential
constitutional
commanding
heavy
inescapable
determinative
earth-shattering
life-or-death
serious
leading
top
dominant
much needed
big
outstanding
far-reaching
king
telling
prescribed
number one
bread-and-butter
everything
root
beginning
fitting
statutory
climacteric
ingrained
introductory
strategic
set
enforced
fixed
irremissible
underlined
particular
mission-critical
business-critical
fatal
accurate
express
exact
world-shaking
name-of-the-game
characteristic
of vital importance
profound
natural
coal-and-ice
a matter of life and death
constituent
determining
looked-for
connected
component
overruling
primal
premier
overriding
predominant
weighty
climactic
grand
supreme
great
ruling
master
incumbent on
at the heart of
sought after
name of game
prominent
seminal
powerful
considerable
distinguished
indicated
quantified
listed
reputable
noted
noteworthy
trusted
celebrated
conspicuous
illustrious
major league
high profile
high-up
highly regarded
notable
honourable
UK
honoured
UK
high-level
big-time
puissant
heavy-duty
earnest
well known
monumental
major-league
superior
eminent
high-ranking
mighty
skookum
top-drawer
top-notch
of high standing
big time
noble
honored
US
big-league
big league
top-ranking
high-powered
honorable
US
just
of choice
material
grave
dire
pertinent
imperious
relevant
historic
importunate
clamant
emergent
crying
substantial
intense
instant
of consequence
germane
desperate
severe
renowned
eventful
acclaimed
immediate
ponderous
top-priority
heavyweight
almighty
large-scale
of note
applicable
apposite
apropos
topical
large
sweeping
appreciable
invaluable
drastic
pointed
famous
terrible
respected
exceptional
esteemed
worthwhile
impactful
imposing
parlous
well-known
prestigious
striking
instrumental
famed
high-profile
deep
of concern
venerable
indicative
arch
life-changing
life and death
uppermost
dynamic
well thought of
now or never
life-preserving
life-sustaining
formative
best
contractual
enforceable
composing
integrant
worthy
huge
demanding
constraining
operative
tough
demanding attention
perilous
of moment
hazardous
special
extensive
emphatic
valid
purposeful
interesting
remarkable
awful
emergency
sore
impelling
extreme
precarious
driving
portentous
clamouring
UK
clamoring
US
exacting
distressing
sensational
recognized
US
dreadful
fateful
apocalyptic
elevated
maximum
high
alarming
earthshaking
arresting
egregious
bad
everyday
earth-shaking
life-saving
epoch-making
extremely important
world-shattering
life or death
of great moment
much
useful
pithy
sententious
afflictive
iconic
dignified
life-threatening
exciting
buzzworthy
extraordinary
front-page
very great
time-critical
resonant
prodigious
indissoluble
irrevocable
unalterable
sizable
pronounced
distinctive
historical
formidable
recognised
UK
public
newsworthy
especial
of influence
of mark
in the public eye
coercive
OB
conclusive
unbreakable
out of the ordinary
of substance
top-level
overshadowing
dangerous
grievous
prevalent
active
controversial
clamorous
current
good
respectable
permanent
relative
contemporary
the law
lively
live
appurtenant
applicative
of interest
dynamite
solid gold
of repute
super-duper
super
much touted
to the max
something
unreal
something else
mondo
highly rated
fab
fat
well received
of distinction
doozie
counted upon
bounden
pointful
associated
revered
storied
senior
notorious
admired
feted
to the point
to the purpose
ad rem
energetic
stately
glorious
most important
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a need or requirement for something
requiring
needing
necessitating
needful
without
calling for
Adjective
▲
In dire need of something
desperate
eager
hungry
longing
yearning
aching
craving
dying
enthusiastic
keen
raring
thirsty
wanting
desirous
impatient
itching
thirsting
urgently requiring
bursting
crying out
in great need of
in want of
keen as mustard
up for it
in urgent need
excited
burning
gasping
willing
antsy
juiced
stoked
anxious
greedy
voracious
geeked
hopped-up
nuts
crazy
enthused
avid
ardent
pumped
athirst
hot
agog
psyched
ready
solicitous
great
wild
impetuous
game
refreshed
gagging
restored
revitalized
US
gung ho
hepped up
revitalised
UK
champing at the bit
full of enthusiasm
psyched up
chomping at the bit
chafing at the bit
in a hurry
passionate
zealous
fervent
hankering
intent
fanatical
desiring
appetent
ambitious
pining
vehement
spirited
lively
dedicated
wholehearted
interested
energetic
wishing
animated
breathless
hopeful
keyed up
restless
devoted
fervid
mad keen
fired up
vivacious
obsessed
ready and willing
thrilled
raring to go
committed
earnest
stirred
intense
feverish
wishful
hoping
perfervid
covetous
sprightly
ebullient
determined
on fire
as keen as mustard
motivated
mad
exhilarated
desirous of
driven
dying to
nutty
high
hot to trot
high-spirited
rarin' to go
stimulated
aroused
inspired
moved
assiduous
itchy
diligent
intent on
inclined
expectant
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
impassioned
worked up
on tenterhooks
exuberant
fierce
waiting with bated breath
industrious
delirious
pleased
animate
titillated
conscientious
warmblooded
unrestrained
zestful
potty
grasping
insatiable
acquisitive
charged
daft
itching for
dying for
delighted
set on
bent on
warm
hearty
awakened
amenable
prepared
restive
rapacious
disposed
gone on
pumped up
hankering after
active
all agog
on pins and needles
juiced up
geared up
cranked up
beside oneself
in suspense
enamoured
UK
very keen
edgy
approving
striving
chafing
straining
curious
enamored
US
ravenous
enthralled
avaricious
vigorous
atingle
dotty
enamoured of
US
nutso
hot for
smitten with
infatuated with
devoted to
touched
electrified
elated
panting
rabid
spoiling
manic
lusting
straining at the leash
fiery
dynamic
cottonmouthed
sapless
juiceless
gotta have
inquisitive
frenetic
up
in love with
enamored of
UK
very keen on
hooked on
fascinated
passional
ripe
heated
atremble
aquiver
all a-gog
set
fevered
disorderly
rhapsodic
aflame
wacky
forceful
tantalized
US
concerned
afire
unqualified
frantic
raving
frenzied
uproarious
hysterical
bone-dry
hung up
habitual
happy
unreluctant
engaged
diehard
glad
consumed with desire
aggressive
proactive
bullish
banzai
fain
gaga
tantalised
UK
bugged
zesty
predatious
effervescent
uncontrollable
partial to
crazy for
wild for
untrammeled
US
tumultuous
untrammelled
UK
dry as dust
turnt
red-hot
minded
unsatisfied
intemperate
unfilled
insatiate
self-starting
unruly
in a frenzy
take-charge
can-do
angry
stirred up
crazed
amped
furious
high as a kite
extremely enthusiastic
spoiling for
up for
in the mood
on for
of a mind
favourably inclined
pysched up
very excited
full of beans
with an appetite
covetous of
lusting after
with a yen
in need of
jumping up and down
on the edge of your seat
wigged-out
steamed up
hyperactive
anticipatory
prehensile
amorous
aspiring
lustful
envious
waiting
expecting
longing for
hoping for
keen on
awaiting
anticipant
anticipating
agape
anxious for
yearning for
eager for
ambitious for
aspiring to
ready for
willing for
avid for
aspiring towards
keen for
hopeful for
thirsty for
craving for
greedy for
ravening for
wishing for
hungry for
watchful
apprehensive
turned on
on edge
with bated breath
alert
looking for
anticipative
vigilant
waiting on
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion
inconclusive
ambiguous
indecisive
unsettled
vague
indeterminate
indefinite
open
uncertain
undetermined
debatable
moot
unconfirmed
unconvincing
undecided
unproved
unresolved
deficient
groundless
inadequate
incomplete
proving nothing
questionable
resolving nothing
uneventful
unfateful
unfinished
unfounded
unsatisfactory
unsatisfying
unsound
leaving matters open
left hanging
not yet established
up in the air
still open to doubt
still open to question
unclear
borderline
equivocal
unsure
in doubt
dubious
unknown
chancy
dubitable
iffy
clouded
open to debate
disputable
doubtful
arguable
pending
doubtable
open to question
in limbo
unfixed
controversial
problematical
contentious
inexact
suspect
unpredictable
problematic
unsolved
dodgy
unanswered
ongoing
confused
open to doubt
to be decided
in a state of uncertainty
up for grabs
in a state of limbo
betwixt and between
touch-and-go
in question
queer
shaky
suspicious
shady
fishy
disputed
vexed
pendent
waffling
open-ended
not decided
unspecified
undefined
speculative
ambivalent
confusing
conflicting
contradictory
undependable
hazy
contingent
settling nothing
paradoxical
double-edged
in the balance
in no man's land
not definite
imprecise
irresolute
unconcluded
unfinalized
uncounted
unstipulated
two-edged
yet to be decided
borderless
unstated
uncategorized
indeterminant
unclassified
general
controvertible
negotiable
perplexing
riddling
subject to debate
puzzling
issuable
unestablished
contestable
mootable
on ice
a moot point
a controversial subject
a live issue
a matter of opinion
in dispute
bone of contention
on the back burner
between rock and hard place
the jury's out
up for discussion
between sixes and sevens
tentative
enigmatic
obscure
hypothetical
conjectural
unascertained
indistinct
hesitant
suppositional
wavering
unproven
theoretical
flimsy
cryptic
academic
notional
apocryphal
vacillating
unreliable
open to discussion
opaque
ill-defined
presumptive
on thin ice
contended
abstruse
inexplicit
enigmatical
arcane
uncommitted
uncompleted
hanging
of two minds
insecure
open to argument
at risk
unverified
unprovable
marginal
spurious
occult
dicey
untrustworthy
unforeseeable
hairy
incalculable
risky
mysterious
hanging by a thread
precarious
sketchy
not obvious
under examination
murky
hidden
nebulous
under advisement
shadowy
undisclosed
supposed
assumed
improbable
unlikely
indistinguishable
concealed
putative
implausible
unrealistic
fanciful
blear
unthinkable
incredible
preposterous
fantastic
imagined
ridiculous
absurd
unbelievable
academical
presumed
conjectured
theoretic
unapt
hesitating
cagey
unreal
imaginary
loath
sceptical
UK
reticent
indisposed
far-fetched
unconvinced
disinclined
concocted
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
presupposed
provisory
guessed
made up
casual
assumptive
stochastic
suppositious
proposed
pretending
postulated
long shot
fat chance
distrustful
reluctant
loth
leery
cagy
difficult to believe
hard to swallow
beyond the bounds of possibility
scarcely credible
unsavoury
UK
skeptical
US
trustless
diffident
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
mistrustful
untrusty
in a quandary
in a dilemma
in two minds
on the horns of a dilemma
more ❯
Adjective
▲
With empty pockets
empty-handed
unsuccessful
defeated
frustrated
thwarted
unrewarded
wanting
unprovided for
with nothing
with empty pockets
Adjective
▲
Containing large numbers or amounts of someone or something
oversupplied
inundated
overflowing
crammed
overprovided
overstocked
packed
awash
full of
flooded
swamped
teeming
deluged
overburdened
overwhelmed
heaving
overrun by
flushed
brimming
knee-deep in
submerged
engulfed
drowned
submersed
immersed
afloat
under water
covered with water
underwater
waterlogged
Adjective
▲
Empty or not occupied
empty
vacant
bare
clear
abandoned
deserted
free
uninhabited
unoccupied
desolate
forsaken
void
derelict
godforsaken
untenanted
blank
clean
depleted
destitute
devoid
evacuated
stark
tenantless
vacated
vacuous
dead
deflated
despoiled
exhausted
unfurnished
desert
toom
wanting
waste
barren
unused
unfilled
lonely
unpeopled
isolated
unfrequented
disused
solitary
neglected
unpopulated
forgotten
untouched
depopulated
idle
emptied
secluded
drained
virgin
unvisited
rejected
plain
uncultivated
new
available
spare
unmarked
fresh
untaken
wild
dormant
lifeless
bereft
sterile
used up
spent
remote
pristine
unmanaged
finished
forlorn
unsettled
spotless
sapped
brand-new
unengaged
disengaged
impoverished
unlived in
infertile
unreserved
gone
lonesome
unemployed
discarded
to let
without
without life
without living things
stripped
cleared
spartan
alone
stagnant
rough
inhospitable
trackless
unfarmed
rugged
hollow
uncivilized
US
uncivilised
UK
without contents
unallocated
unloaded
unhired
discontinued
lone
quiet
unfriended
left
uncouth
lorn
defunct
obsolete
moribund
superannuated
cast off
fallen into disuse
white
left stranded
accessible
unchartered
unbooked
no longer in use
untilled
handy
left in the lurch
unequipped
unfitted
nescient
usable
undeveloped
unploughed
UK
unplowed
US
unplanted
ignorant
unseeded
resting
unsown
expired
rid
unproductive
exploitable
not in use
at hand
on hand
not occupied
employable
untended
unmaintained
relieved
unfertile
weakened
consumed
innocent
lacking in
up for grabs
for the taking
dissipated
poor
bony
hardscrabble
reduced
boney
diminished
enervated
fallow
freed from
free from
sans
unaffected by
no longer affected by
unfamiliar with
untouched by
expended
squandered
denuded
uncultivatable
arid
kaput
dry
unacquainted with
bankrupt
sucked dry
duff
out
flat
dud
worn out
played out
run out
all gone
at an end
more ❯
Adjective
▲
No longer present
gone
absent
away
lost
missing
off
out
truant
withdrawn
astray
decamped
disappeared
displaced
flown
split
unavailable
vanished
not present
in absentia
run-off
non-attending
not here
taken leave
AWOL
out the window
moved out
taken a powder
not a sign of
elsewhere
absent without leave
not at home
nonattendant
skiving
abroad
on holiday
playing hooky
no-show
not there
absent from duty
unaccounted-for
outside
on vacation
A.W.O.L.
not in
absconding
wanted
deserting
gone away
away from home
skipping school
hooky
cutting class
removed
wagging
in other places
at another place
in another place
somewhere else
at a different place
in a different place
finished
on leave
not working
off duty
nobody home
bunking off
not at work
no longer available
sold out
unobtainable
nonexistent
wanting
non-existent
not to be found
short
deficient
scarce
few and far between
omitted
in short supply
not included
left out
nowhere to be found
left behind
devoid
more ❯
Preposition
▲
Not having or lacking in
in the absence of
wanting
notwithstanding
without
failing
in default of
if not
Preposition
▲
Without, deprived of (something)
minus
without
sans
absent
wanting
excluding
less
excepting
bereft of
deprived of
destitute of
exclusive of
with the exception of
devoid of
short of
in need of
in default of
not including
needing
requiring
wanting for
in the absence of
not having
shorn of
w/o
with no
starved of
Noun
▲
With an insufficiency of
short of
missing
wanting
deficient in
lacking in
low on
minus
short on
wanting in
in need of
pushed for
strapped for
with an insufficiency of
with too few …
with too little …
“None gave a sniff of atmosphere or a hint of the third dimension of depth that is
lacking
in all televisual presentations.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a need for something
in the market for
in need of
wishing to buy
desiring
seeking
wanting
wishing for
needing
requiring
craving
pining for
yearning for
longing for
crying out for
having need of
wanting for
standing in need of
feeling the want of
pursuing
expecting
longing to
aiming for
aiming to
hoping for
hoping to
desiring to
yearning to
wanting to
hankering to
hankering after
hankering for
wishing to
aspiring
striving
seeking to
raising the bar
dreaming of
hungering for
thirsting after
struggling
dreaming
hungering to
raising expectations
expecting more
raising standards
wishing
wanting more
expecting to
longing
hoping
yearning
trying
pushing the envelope
hankering
having the objective of
thirsting for
“I
lack
funds for purchasing a new pair of shoes.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be without or deficient in something
falling short of
missing
going without
having insufficient
not having
“I
lack
the height or athleticism to become a professional basketball player.”
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lacking ability
lacking assurance
lacking candor
lacking capability
lacking charisma
lacking civility
lack for something
lackeys
lackey
lack empathy
lacked success
lacked resemblance
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