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lacking

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?læk??/

Verb

lacking

  1. present participle of lack

Noun

lacking (plural lackings)

  1. The absence of something; a lack.
    • 1914, Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery
      Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

Translations

Adjective

lacking (comparative more lacking, superlative most lacking)

  1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

Translations

Anagrams

  • Glackin, calking

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scanty

English

Etymology

scant +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?skænti/
  • Rhymes: -ænti

Adjective

scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)

  1. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  2. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
    • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
      In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

Derived terms

  • scantily
  • scantiness

Translations

See also

  • meagre
  • scant
  • slender
  • insufficient
  • deficient
  • scarce
  • exiguous

Further reading

  • scanty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • scanty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • scanty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Cantys

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