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Adjective

Lacking in a required or necessary quality

Not existent

Low in quality or below expectations

Absent or lacking

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts

Having or characterized by desire

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

Extremely poor

Empty or not occupied

Asking

In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something

Weak or feeble in quality or condition

Incapable of being satisfied or appeased

With empty pockets

Lacking the ability or resources to cope with

Not correct or accurate

Preposition

Minus, lacking or not including

In the absence of

Verb

(formal, caring for) Wanting or considering

In the market for

Present participle for to require, or to be attended to

(want to) Present participle for to have a need to do something

Present participle for to wish or desire for

(usually used in simple past form "wanted") Present participle for to feel appreciation for

Noun

With an insufficiency of

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Adjective

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Lacking in a required or necessary quality

not up to expectations

not up to scratch

too little too late

leaving much to be desired

meagre^UK

meager^US

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

in a state of disrepair

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“In this area, Morrison was found wanting time and time again.”

Adjective

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Not existent

Adjective

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Low in quality or below expectations

leaving much to be desired

meagre^UK

meager^US

leaving a lot to be desired

strictly for the birds

not quite the done thing

unfavorable^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

gone to rack and ruin

ill-humored^US

all the worse for wear

dishevelled^UK

disheveled^US

out of character with

not worth a hill of beans

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Adjective

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Absent or lacking

Adjective

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Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

meagre^UK

meager^US

not to be had for love nor money

with an insufficiency

with an insufficiency of

of little consequence

not worth bothering about

not worth speaking of

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Adjective

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Not having all the necessary or appropriate parts

meagre^UK

meager^US

wooly^US

woolly^UK

on the back of an envelope

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Adjective

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Having or characterized by desire

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

waiting with bated breath

enamoured^UK

revitalized^US

revitalised^UK

galvanized^US

energized^US

enamored^US

straining at the leash

galvanised^UK

energised^UK

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

extremely enthusiastic

untrammeled^US

lionizing^US

favorable^US

favourable^UK

lionising^UK

in favor^US

in favour^UK

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Adjective

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Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something for toffee

not equal to something

unable to do something

all fingers and thumbs

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Adjective

Extremely poor

unable to make ends meet

unable to keep the wolf from the door

in reduced circumstances

in straitened circumstances

as poor as a church mouse

in Queer Street

down on one's luck

in dire circumstances

without two farthings to rub together

without two pennies to rub together

without two brass farthings to rub together

without a red cent

boracic lint

without a bean

without a brass farthing

poor as a church mouse

without two pennies farthings to rub together

in distressed circumstances

without a penny to your name

without a penny to one's name

financially distressed

financially embarrassed

in Carey Street

financially ruined

in the hands of the receivers

taken to the cleaners

gone to the wall

in financial difficulties

short of cash

without means of support

not having two pennies to rub together

not having two farthings to rub together

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Adjective

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Empty or not occupied

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Adjective

Asking

Adjective

In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty

Adjective

Not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something

Adjective

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Weak or feeble in quality or condition

Adjective

Incapable of being satisfied or appeased

unable to be satisfied

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Adjective

With empty pockets

Adjective

Lacking the ability or resources to cope with

leaving much to be desired

insufficiently powered

labouring^UK

unable to do something

unable to do something for toffee

laboring^US

not equal to something

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Adjective

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Not correct or accurate

phoney^UK

phony^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

economical with the truth

barking up wrong tree

labouring under a misapprehension

barking up the wrong tree

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not backed up by evidence

terminologically inexact

synthetic

without substantiation

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Preposition

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Minus, lacking or not including

Preposition

In the absence of

Verb

(formal, caring for) Wanting or considering

having an inclination for

setting one's heart on

having one's heart set on

having the inclination for

eating one's heart out over

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“Do you want some honey to go with your pancakes?”

Verb

In the market for

Verb

Present participle for to require, or to be attended to

“Your car will want some maintenance very soon if you keep driving it long distances every day.”

Verb

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(want to) Present participle for to have a need to do something

having no choice but to

“You want to watch your calories if you would rather not put on weight.”

Verb

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Present participle for to wish or desire for

“I don't care what anyone says. I'll just do what I want.”

Verb

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(usually used in simple past form "wanted") Present participle for to feel appreciation for

“We should always make our children feel loved and wanted.”

Noun

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With an insufficiency of

with an insufficiency of

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