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lacking

Main Entry:
lacking [lak-ing]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wanting, deficient
Synonyms: can't cut it, coming up short, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it, not making it, sans, short, without
Antonyms: abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufficient
Main Entry: absent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deficient in something needed or usual
Synonyms: bare, blank, devoid, empty, hollow, lacking, minus, missing, nonexistent, omitted, unavailable, vacant, vacuous, wanting
Antonyms: sufficient
Main Entry: bankrupt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unable to pay debts
Synonyms: broke, depleted, destitute, exhausted, failed, impoverished, in Chapter 11, insolvent, lacking, lost, out of business, ruined, spent, tapped out
Antonyms: rich, solvent, wealthy
Main Entry: bare
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without covering or content
Synonyms: arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, unfurnished, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting
Notes: bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal
Antonyms: covered, full
Main Entry: below par
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: second-rate in quality
Synonyms: below average, imperfect, inferior, lacking, not oneself, off, off-form, poor, substandard, under the weather, wanting
Main Entry: defective
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: broken, not working
Synonyms: abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, deficient, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, on the bum, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting
Notes: defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree
Antonyms: excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken
Main Entry: deficient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: imperfect, inadequate
Synonyms: amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, flawed, found wanting, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, marred, meager, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, rare, scant, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, third string, unassembled, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak
Notes: defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree
Antonyms: adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous
Main Entry: destitute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: down and out; wanting
Synonyms: bankrupt, beggared, bereft, busted, dead broke, deficient, depleted, deprived of, devoid of, dirt poor, divested, drained, empty, exhausted, flat broke, flat*, impecunious, impoverished, in need of, indigent, insolvent, lacking, moneyless, necessitous, needy, on the breadline, on the rocks, penniless, penurious, pinched, played out, poor, poverty-stricken, stony, strapped, stripped, totaled, wiped out, without
Antonyms: lucky, prosperous, rich, secure, wealthy
Main Entry: devoid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: empty, wanting
Synonyms: bare, barren, bereft, deficient, denuded, destitute, free from, innocent, lacking, needed, sans, unprovided with, vacant, void, without
Notes: void means empty; devoid means empty, but empty only after something has been taken away
Antonyms: complete, filled, full
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