"short of" meaning in English

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          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
          "word": "à court de"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
          "word": "knapp mit"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
          "word": "Mangel an (haben)"
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          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
          "word": "szűkében van"
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          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
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          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
          "word": "gann de"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "à court de"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "knapp mit"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "Mangel an (haben)"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "szűkében van"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "szűkölködik"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "hiányt szenved"
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      "note": "brakować (used in the third person neuter, the person lacking in the dative)",
      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with"
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      "sense": "insufficiently equipped with",
      "word": "gann de"
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