4
bankrupt(poor, distressed, lacking, destitute, impoverished)
4
crude(imperfection, incompleteness)
4
damaged
4
departed(adjective, absent)
4
eager(adjective, hopeful, hungry, aspiring)
4
flawed
4
hungering(verb, hungering, desiring)
4
impaired
4
longing for(expression, adjective, eager, hopeful, aspiring)
4
lost(verb, absence)
4
miserable(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
need
4
patchy
4
requiring(verb, lacking)
4
sans
4
short of(verb, phrasal verb, incompleteness)
4
unprepared(adjective, poor, thin, small, inadequate)
4
vacant(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
without
3
aspiring(verb, adjective, eager, hopeful, hoping)
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