Lacking, absent, deficient.

Needed, needful, wanting.

Of things: not at hand; missing; also, short in quantity.

Lacking in what is requisite; falling short of the proper measure or standard; wanting, deficient. archaic. (In quot. 1596, said of the thing wanted.)

Defective, deficient; wanting.

In predicative use. Absent, missing; = wanting, adj. 1b.

That has been missed; that has failed. Also: lost, absent.

That is lacking or deficient in something implied by the context. More generally: lacking money or the necessaries of life; poor, needy. Also in…

Absent, lacking; missing. Now rare.

Lacking, missing; needed; sought after. In later use also: wished for, desired.

figurative and in figurative contexts. Not fully formed or developed; lacking in spirit, conviction, or thoroughness; inadequately planned or…

Present in less than the proper quantity; not of sufficient force; wholly or partly wanting or lacking; insufficient, inadequate.

Usually in predicative use. Defective, spoilt; missing, lacking.