No. 9,742 in Catalan
mancades
"mancades" means "lacking" or "deficient" in English.
In a sentence
Les plantes del jardí estan mancades d'aigua.
The garden plants lack water.
Here, 'mancades' is used to indicate lacking or being without something essential, in this case, water.
Les explicacions del professor eren mancades de claredat.
The teacher's explanations were lacking clarity.
In this sentence, 'mancades' describes a deficiency in the clarity of explanations, showcasing its use to denote absence or insufficiency in quality.
Les normes presentades estan mancades de coherència.
The presented norms lack coherence.
This usage of 'mancades' is applied to express the absence of logical consistency or coherence in the norms.
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