long on sth and short on sth
Definition
› having too much of one quality and not enough of another: I've always found his films long on style and short on content.Scarce, inadequate and not enoughLacking thingsPlenty and abundant
(Definition of long on sth and short on sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Also, extra, and in addition
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- Big and quite big
- Enlarging and inflating
- Enormous
- Enough
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- General words for size and amount
- Increasing and intensifying
- Large in number or quantity
- Masses and large amounts of things
- Maximum and minimum
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Synonyms and related words:
- abound in/with sth phrasal verb
- abound verb
- abundance noun
- abundant adjective
- ample adjective (ENOUGH)
- aplenty adjective
- bounty noun (KINDNESS)
- free-flowing adjective
- fruitfulness noun (PLANT)
- galore adjective
- generosity noun
- generous adjective (SIZE)
- lavish adjective
- manifold adjective
- plenty pronoun, noun, adverb
- profuse adjective
- prolific adjective
- richly adverb
- richness noun (A LOT OF STH)
- superabundant adjective
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