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mancare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  • lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  • miss verb To fail to hit, catch, reach, or make contact with something.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • scuff verb To scrape or drag the feet while walking, or to scratch a surface by rubbing.

Senses

mancare is used for these senses in English:

  • fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
  • lack (transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
  • miss (transitive) To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret; to feel sadness at the absence of somebody or something.
  • miss (transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
  • miss (transitive, mostly continuous tenses) To be wanting; to lack something that should be present (see also adjectival missing).
  • neglect (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
  • pass away (archaic, literary) To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more.
  • scuff To hit lightly, to brush against.

fail — full definition

  1. verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
  2. verb To stop working correctly, as of a machine or system.
  3. verb To let someone down by not meeting their expectations or needs.
  4. noun Informal: an instance of failure or something that turns out badly.

lack — full definition

  1. noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  2. verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.

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