third string vs wanting

third string

adj
  • Of a decidedly lower quality or condition. 

noun
  • A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team. 

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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