| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Deficient in a usual or needed amount: absent, lacking. See EXCESS. 2. Not present: absent, away, gone, missing. See ABSENCE. 3. Lacking an essential element: defective, deficient, incomplete, lacking. See BETTER, EXCESS. 4. Not having a desirable element: barren, destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, void. Idioms: in want of. See FULL. 5. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, short, shy1, under. See BIG, EXCESS.
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