| bare(adjective, close, clear, light, slight) |
| bereft(adjective, lacking, missing) |
| contemptible(adjective, poor, small, common, insignificant) |
| defaulting(verb, adjective, lacking) |
| destitute of(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| disappointing |
| expecting(verb, desiring, hoping) |
| fancying(verb, desiring) |
| hungry(adjective, little, slim, tenuous) |
| in short supply(expression, adjective, idiom, inadequate, insufficient) |
| in want of(expression, adjective, idiom, full) |
| inconsiderable(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant) |
| inwhickedsavory(adjective, small, common, insignificant, unimportant) |
| keen(adjective, eager, hopeful, hungry, aspiring) |
| lusting(verb, hungering, desiring) |
| mean(adjective, clear, poor, small, common) |
| mediocre |
| needy(adjective, poor, exhausted, distressed, lacking) |
| not enough(expression, idiom, insufficiency) |
| not present(expression, idiom, absence) |