Might mean (unverified): Falls short of expectations, inadequate.
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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) to be insufficient in some aspect.

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lacking, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, default, awanting, Cinderella, dereliction, disregarded, improvision, more...

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lacking, deficient, inadequate, insufficient, default, awanting, Cinderella, dereliction, disregarded, improvision, more...



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