Not having a desirable element

• wanting

  1. Absent; lacking; missing
  2. Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
  3. Absent; lacking:

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  1. Absent; lacking; missing
  2. Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
  3. Absent; lacking:

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• void

  1. Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
  2. Containing no matter; empty.
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:

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  1. Having no effect or result; ineffective; useless
  2. Containing no matter; empty.
  3. Completely lacking; devoid:

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• lacking

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• innocent

  1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  2. Candid; straightforward:
  3. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous:

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  1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  2. Candid; straightforward:
  3. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous:

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• empty

  1. Lacking force or power:
  2. Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing:
  3. Devoid; destitute:

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  1. Lacking force or power:
  2. Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing:
  3. Devoid; destitute:

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• devoid

  1. Completely without; empty or destitute (of)
  2. Completely lacking; destitute or empty:

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  1. Completely without; empty or destitute (of)
  2. Completely lacking; destitute or empty:

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• barren

  1. Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
  2. That cannot produce offspring; sterile
  3. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:

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  1. Not producing crops or fruit; having little or no vegetation
  2. That cannot produce offspring; sterile
  3. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:

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Having little or no money or wealth

• strapped

  1. In financial need:
  2. (Informal) In great need of money

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  1. In financial need:
  2. (Informal) In great need of money

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• broke

  1. Lacking funds:
  2. Having little or no ready money
  3. (Informal) Broken.

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  1. Lacking funds:
  2. Having little or no ready money
  3. (Informal) Broken.

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• poverty-stricken

  1. Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty
  2. Extremely poor:
  3. Stricken with poverty; very poor

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  1. Characteristic of, or giving the appearance of, poverty
  2. Extremely poor:
  3. Stricken with poverty; very poor

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• poor

  1. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving:
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:

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  1. Negative, unfavorable, or disapproving:
  2. Eliciting or deserving pity; pitiable:
  3. Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:

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• penurious

  1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  2. Unwilling to part with money or possessions; mean; miserly; stingy
  3. Characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished

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  1. Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
  2. Unwilling to part with money or possessions; mean; miserly; stingy
  3. Characterized by extreme poverty; impoverished

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• penniless

  1. Without even a penny; extremely poor
  2. Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.
  3. Very poor.

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  1. Without even a penny; extremely poor
  2. Not having a penny; utterly impoverished; extremely poor.
  3. Very poor.

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• needy

  1. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.
  2. In, or characterized by, need, or poverty; not having enough to live on; very poor

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  1. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.
  2. In, or characterized by, need, or poverty; not having enough to live on; very poor

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• necessitous

  1. That is necessary or essential
  2. In great need; destitute; needy
  3. (Archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.

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  1. That is necessary or essential
  2. In great need; destitute; needy
  3. (Archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor.

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• indigent

  1. (Archaic) Lacking or deficient.
  2. Experiencing want or need; impoverished:
  3. In poverty; poor; needy; destitute

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  1. (Archaic) Lacking or deficient.
  2. Experiencing want or need; impoverished:
  3. In poverty; poor; needy; destitute

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• impoverished

  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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  1. Reduced to poverty; poverty-stricken:
  2. Deprived of richness or strength; limited or depleted:

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• impecunious

  1. Having little or no money.

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  1. Having little or no money.

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• down-and-out

  1. Incapacitated; prostrate.
  2. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects.

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  1. Incapacitated; prostrate.
  2. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects.

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• beggarly

  1. So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.
  2. Like or fit for a beggar; very poor, worthless, inadequate, etc.
  3. Of, relating to, or befitting a beggar; very poor:

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  1. So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.
  2. Like or fit for a beggar; very poor, worthless, inadequate, etc.
  3. Of, relating to, or befitting a beggar; very poor:

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