second string vs wanting

second string

adj
  • Not as good; of a lower quality or condition. 

noun
  • A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string. 

wanting

adj
  • Deficient. 

  • That wants or desires. 

  • Absent or lacking. 

prep
  • Without, except, but. 

  • Less, short of, minus. 

noun
  • The state of wanting something; desire. 

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