y is not lacking in (not short on) x

  • 1short — [shôrt] adj. [ME < OE scort, akin to ON skort, short piece of clothing, OHG scurz, short < IE * (s)kerd < base * (s)ker , to cut, SHEAR < CURT] 1. not extending far from end to end; not long or not long enough 2. not great in span,… …

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  • 2Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …

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  • 3Short rib — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 4Short suit — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …

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  • 5short — 1 adj 1: treated or disposed of quickly in court the calendar for short causes 2 a: not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices a seller who was short at the time of the sale b: consisting of or relating to… …

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  • 6short — [adj1] abridged abbreviate, abbreviated, aphoristic, bare, boiled down, breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, curtailed, curtate, cut short, cut to the bone*, decreased, decurtate, diminished, epigrammatic …

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  • 7lacking — [adj] wanting, deficient can’t cut it*, coming up short*, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it*, not making it*, sans, short, without; concepts 546,771 Ant. abundant,… …

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  • 8short´-sight´ed|ness — short sight|ed «SHRT SY tihd», adjective. 1. not able to see far; near sighted; myopic: »He was very short sighted, and this early encouraged his preference for reading rather than sport (Manchester Guardian). 2. Figurative. a) lacking in… …

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  • 9short´-sight´ed|ly — short sight|ed «SHRT SY tihd», adjective. 1. not able to see far; near sighted; myopic: »He was very short sighted, and this early encouraged his preference for reading rather than sport (Manchester Guardian). 2. Figurative. a) lacking in… …

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  • 10short-sight|ed — «SHRT SY tihd», adjective. 1. not able to see far; near sighted; myopic: »He was very short sighted, and this early encouraged his preference for reading rather than sport (Manchester Guardian). 2. Figurative. a) lacking in foresigh not prudent:… …

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