N. incompleteness,
deficiency, short # measure,
shortcoming,
insufficiency, imperfection,
immaturity, half measures, defect,
deficit,
defalcation,
omission,
caret,
shortage, interval, break, noncompletion, missing link, missing piece, missing part,
gap, hole,
lacuna V. be incomplete, fall short of, lack, neglect
Adj. incomplete, imperfect, unfinished, uncompleted &c. (see complete ), defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing, in default, in arrear, short of, hollow,
meager,
lame, halfand-half,
perfunctory,
sketchy, crude,
mutilated,
garbled,
docked,
lopped,
truncated, in progress, in hand, going on, proceeding
Adv. incompletely, by halves
Phr. caetera desunt,
caret N. contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size,
defalcation, decrement,
lessening,
shrinking,
compaction,
tabes,
collapse,
emaciation,
attenuation,
tabefaction, consumption,
marasmus,
atrophy,
systole, neck,
hourglass,
condensation, compression, compactness,
compendium,
squeezing,
strangulation,
corrugation,
astringency, astringents, sclerotics,
contractility,
compressibility,
coarctation, inferiority in size
V. become small, become smaller,
lessen, decrease, grow less,
dwindle,
shrink, contract, narrow,
shrivel,
collapse, wither, lose flesh,
wizen, fall away, waste,
wane,
ebb, decay, be smaller than, fall short of, not come up to, render smaller,
lessen, diminish, contract, draw in, narrow,
coarctate, boil down,
constrict,
constringe,
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush, crumple up,
warp, purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow,
pinch,
tighten,
strangle,
cramp,
dwarf,
bedwarf,
shorten,
circumscribe, restrain,
abrade,
pare, reduce,
attenuate, rub down,
scrape,
file, file down,
grind, grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear, wear down
Adj. contracting,
astringent,
shrunk, contracted,
strangulated,
tabid,
wizened,
stunted,
waning,
neap, compact, unexpanded &c. (expand ),
contractile,
compressible, smaller &c. (small )
N. shortcoming, failure, falling short,
default,
defalcation,
leeway, labor in vain, no go, incompleteness, imperfection,
insufficiency, noncompletion, failure
V. 303, come short of, fall short of, stop short of, come short, fall short, stop short, not reach, want, keep within bounds, keep within the mark, keep within the compass, break down, stick in the mud,
collapse, flat out, come to nothing, fall through, fall to the ground, cave in, end in smoke, miss the mark, fail, lose ground, miss stays
Adv. within the mark, within the compass, within the bounds,
behindhand, re infecta, to no purpose, for from it
Phr. the bubble burst
N. nonpayment,
default,
defalcation,
protest, # repudiation, application of the sponge|,
whitewashing,
insolvency,
bankruptcy, failure,
insufficiency, run upon a bank, overdrawn account, waste paper bonds, dishonored bills, protested bills, bogus check, bogus cheque, rubber check,
bankrupt,
insolvent,
debtor, lame duck, man of straw, welsher,
stag,
defaulter, levanter|
V. not pay, fail, break, stop payment, become insolvent, become bankrupt, be gazetted,
protest, dishonor,
repudiate,
nullify, refuse payment, pay under protest, button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings, apply the sponge, pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed,
swindle, run up bills, fly kites
Adj. not paying, non-paying, non-performing, in debt,
behindhand, in arrear, behind in payments, in arrears,
beggared, unable to make both ends meet,
minus, worse than nothing, worthless,
insolvent,
bankrupt, in the gazette,
gazetted, unpaid,
gratis, unremunerated
