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1 ontbreken
1 [niet aanwezig zijn] be lacking (in)2 [met betrekking tot personen] be absent/missing♦voorbeelden:1 er ontbreekt geld • 〈 er is niet genoeg〉 there's not enough money; 〈 er is verdwenen〉 there's money missingdit mag in geen verzameling ontbreken • no collection should be without thishet ontbreekt hem aan moed • he lacks couragewaar het aan ontbreekt is … • what's lacking is …het ontbreekt ons aan woorden om • words fail us tohet ontbrak haar niet aan moed • she wasn't lacking in couragehet zal je aan niets ontbreken • you'll lack nothinghet ontbreken van verstandskiezen • the absence of wisdom teether ontbreekt nog veel aan • there's still much to be desireddat ontbrak er nog maar aan • that was all that was neededontbreken op een vergadering • be absent from a meeting -
2 anemisch
adj. anaemic, lacking red blood cells, lacking blood (Medicine); suffering from anemia -
3 karakterloos
adj. characterless, ordinary; lacking character, lacking personality or flair--------adv. weakly, limply -
4 arm
arm1〈de〉1 [ledemaat] arm3 [ledemaat bij dieren] paw4 [leuning van een zitmeubel] arm♦voorbeelden:1 een gebroken arm • a broken/fractured armgespierde armen • muscular arms〈 figuurlijk〉 met open armen ontvangen • receive/welcome with open armshij sloeg zijn armen om haar heen • he threw his arms around herzijn arm uit de kom trekken • put one's shoulder outzij liepen arm in arm • they walked arm in arm〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand in de arm nemen • call in someone 〈 bijvoorbeeld politie〉; consult someone 〈advocaat/arts〉; engage someone————————arm21 [behoeftig, bezitloos] poor♦voorbeelden:ik ben er twintig gulden armer op geworden • it set me back twenty guildershet arm hebben • be badly offarm worden • be reduced to povertyde armen en de rijken • the rich and the poor4 het arme schaap • the poor thing/soul -
5 acefaal
adj. acephalous, headless, lacking a head, having no official leader -
6 achromatisch
adj. achromatic, colorless, lacking color -
7 afwezig
adj. absent; vacant, vague, lacking expression--------adv. absently; vacantly, vaguely, expressionlessly -
8 albino
n. albino, person who lacks pigmentation in the hair and skin; plant or animal lacking pigmentation -
9 armelijk
adj. poor; deficient, indigent, lacking, squalid--------adv. poorly, indigently -
10 armelijkheid
n. poorness, state of lacking money, indigence -
11 asymmetrisch
adj. asymmetric, lacking balance and proportion -
12 baardeloos
adj. beardless, lacking a beard -
13 bedompt
adj. airless, stuffy, lacking air -
14 blode
adj. cowardly, fearful, lacking courage -
15 bloedarm
adj. anemic, lacking blood -
16 chaotisch
adj. chaotic, totally lacking order, confused -
17 cryptogaam
n. cryptogamous, lacking seeds or flowers (i.e. ferns or mosses) -
18 defectief
adj. defective, imperfect; deficient, lacking -
19 deficient
adj. deficient, lacking, without; defective; absent -
20 discontinu
adj. discontinuous, not continuous, lacking sequence, discrete, intermittent
См. также в других словарях:
lacking — index defective, deficient, delinquent (overdue), devoid, essential (required), faulty, imperfect … Law dictionary
lacking — [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,… … New thesaurus
lacking — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ absent or deficient … English terms dictionary
lacking — lack|ing [ lækıŋ ] adjective never before noun ** if something important or useful is lacking, it does not exist or is not available: sadly/distinctly/noticeably lacking (=completely lacking): Concern for passenger safety has, up until now, been… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lacking */*/ — UK [ˈlækɪŋ] / US adjective [never before noun] if something important or useful is lacking, it does not exist or is not available sadly/distinctly/noticeably lacking (= completely lacking): Concern for passenger safety has, up till now, been… … English dictionary
lacking — lack|ing [ˈlækıŋ] adj [not before noun] 1.) not having enough of something or any of it lacking in ▪ He was lacking in confidence . ▪ She seems to be entirely lacking in intelligence. ▪ The new designs have all been found lacking in some… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lacking — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem ▪ Her life felt lacking in direction and purpose. ▪ find sth ▪ an area of policy where the government has been found seriously lacking … Collocations dictionary
lacking — adj. 1) badly, completely, sadly, totally, utterly lacking 2) lacking in (lacking in common sense) * * * [ lækɪŋ] completely sadly totally utterly lacking badly lacking in (lacking in common sense) … Combinatory dictionary
lacking — adjective (not before noun) 1 be lacking in to not have enough of something such as a quality or skill: She seems to be sadly lacking in tact. 2 if something that you need is lacking, you do not have it: Financial backing for the project is still … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lacking — [[t]l akɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, usu ADJ in n If something or someone is lacking in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it. → See also lack ...if your hair is lacking in lustre and feeling dry... She felt nervous … English dictionary
lacking — [ˈlækɪŋ] adj if something is lacking, there is none of it, or not enough of it Concern for passenger safety has been sadly lacking.[/ex] She seems to be lacking in common sense.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
