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Adjective
▲
Deficient or inadequate in amount
deficient
inadequate
insufficient
low
wanting
limited
incommensurate
scarce
insubstantial
meagerUS
meagreUK
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
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
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
scarce
removed
not included
left out
nowhere to be found
inexistent
vanished
devoid
omitted
in short supply
few and far between
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
shorn of
wanting for
less
starved of
stripped of
“The concert was rather dull and lacking in energy.”
Adjective
▲
Lacking in something, especially something that is needed or expected
destitute
bare
devoid
bereft
without
void
wanting
bankrupt
barren
deprived
drained
depleted
empty
sans
exhausted
deficient
denuded
divested
stripped
deficient in
in need
deprived of
devoid of
destitute of
impoverished
poor
bereft of
denuded of
free from
empty of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not producing any desired or required effect
ineffectual
inept
ineffective
inadequate
incapable
unfit
inferior
inefficient
poor
substandard
deficient
weak
inexpedient
insufficient
impotent
imperfect
feeble
feckless
counterproductive
limited
hamstrung
meagerUS
meagreUK
unimpressive
not good enough
not up to scratch
not up to snuff
not much cop
leaving much to be desired
not much chop
no great shakes
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
incomplete
partial
fragmentary
fragmental
scrappy
half
fractional
fragmented
part
insufficient
wanting
broken
halfway
restricted
abridged
qualified
short
shortened
undone
unaccomplished
unexecuted
curtailed
disjointed
expurgated
inchoate
meagreUK
meagerUS
patchwork
patchy
unwhole
half-pie
not entire
not total
not whole
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
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a need or requirement for something
requiring
needing
necessitating
needful
without
calling for
Adjective
▲
Feeling defeated due to lacking the expected result or outcome
empty-handed
defeated
frustrated
disappointed
discouraged
disheartened
disillusioned
unrewarded
wanting
with empty pockets
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
ardent
avid
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having below average income or lacking money to sufficiently live comfortably
penniless
impoverished
destitute
poor
broke
impecunious
penurious
needy
skint
indigent
beggared
pauperized
necessitous
beggarly
needful
strapped
bankrupt
moneyless
threadbare
famished
insolvent
ruined
underprivileged
bust
short
flat
poverty-stricken
hard up
flat broke
dirt-poor
in want
in need
stony broke
down-and-out
strapped for cash
in straitened circumstances
badly off
stone broke
on the breadline
without a sou
cleaned out
in reduced circumstances
down and out
dirt poor
as poor as a church mouse
without two pennies to rub together
in Queer Street
in penury
out at elbows
unable to make ends meet
on one's uppers
out of pocket
without a penny
without two farthings to rub together
down at heel
down on luck
dead broke
in the gutter
stony-broke
tapped out
down to last penny
on last leg
over a barrel
without a dime
without two brass farthings to rub together
without a penny to one's name
cash-strapped
disadvantaged
deprived
distressed
boracic
unprosperous
without a red cent
without a brass farthing
in the red
boracic lint
without a bean
busted
cashless
pinched
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Ambiguous or undecided, not having or leading to a conclusion
inconclusive
uncertain
unsettled
undecided
undetermined
vague
questionable
indefinite
debatable
unresolved
open
indeterminate
ambiguous
unconfirmed
moot
indecisive
incomplete
unfinished
unconvincing
unproved
deficient
groundless
inadequate
uneventful
unfateful
unfounded
unsatisfactory
unsatisfying
unsound
up in the air
proving nothing
resolving nothing
not yet established
leaving matters open
left hanging
still open to doubt
still open to question
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Actively looking to acquire or purchase a specific item or service
in the market for
desiring
hunting
searching
seeking
shopping
wanting
on the hunt for
on the lookout for
on the prowl for
on the search for
wishing to buy
in need of
wishing for
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
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 default of
in need of
not including
needing
requiring
wanting for
in the absence of
not having
shorn of
w/o
with no
starved of
Noun
▲
Deficiency in quantity or quality
short of
wanting
insufficiency
lack
scarcity
minus
missing
deficient in
short on
wanting in
with an insufficiency of
with too few …
with too little …
lacking in
low on
in need of
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.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a need for something
needing
requiring
craving
desiring
wanting
longing for
pining for
wishing for
yearning for
crying out for
feeling the want of
having need of
standing in need of
wanting for
“I lack funds for purchasing a new pair of shoes.”
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