If something or someone is ~ in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it.
She felt nervous, increasingly ~ in confidence about herself...
Why was military intelligence so ~?
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in n
see also lack
If something or someone is ~ in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it.
She felt nervous, increasingly ~ in confidence about herself...
Why was military intelligence so ~?
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in n
see also lack
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012