to lack sleep / to be sleep-deprived
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(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
lack of supplies / unavailable goods
shortage of money
(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc) / to sit out a match
to have a power shortage
vacancy
indispensable
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
conservative / to preserve the outmoded
waiting for a vacancy
(slang) idiot / fool
advantages and disadvantages / pros and cons / merits and shortcomings
birth defect
birth defect
to fall vacant / a job opening at a high level
lightning (archaic word)
lightning and thunder
to be deficient in sth / to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
waxing and waning (of the moon)
very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit
in perfect condition / without any defect
same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[]
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) / would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
symmetry breaking (physics)
see 必不可少[]
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
to lack / to do without
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom) / conservative / stickler for tradition
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
currently in short supply / in deficit (of commodity) / currently vacant (position)
new moon
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
whole
to give short weight
breaking
(job) opening
lucrative post
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