wanting

Adjective

• inadequate in amount or degree
  • a deficient education
    
  • deficient in common sense
    
  • lacking in stamina
    
  • tested and found wanting
    

• nonexistent
  • the thumb is absent
    
  • her appetite was lacking
    

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• Synonyms: 
  deficient , lacking(p) , wanting(p) , lacking , absent , missing