adj. Unfulfilled or frustrated in the realization of one's ambitions or capabilities: an artist manqué. [French, from past participle of manquer, to fail, from Old French, from Old Italian mancare, from manco, lacking, from Latin mancus, maimed, infirm; see man-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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