falto
andar (muy) falto de dinero
be strapped for + cash
be (hard) pressed for + money
be (hard) pushed for + money
Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.
In these difficult times, we all find ourselves hard pressed for money every once in a while.
The mortgage carried him on for seven months, but at the end of that time he was hard pushed for money again.
andar (muy) falto de tiempo
be (hard) pressed for + time
be (hard) pushed for + time
Spring is the most important planting time here in the west, and nurserymen are hard pressed for time to fill all the orders.
This short adventure is designed for those who are hard pushed for time and want to do something active during their time off.
estar falto de
be short of
Libraries are ordinarily short of space for collections, staff, and readers = Generalmente, las bibliotecas andan faltas de espacio para las colecciones, el personal y los lectores.
estar falto de práctica
get + rusty
I must be getting rusty or something, but I can't seem to work this one out for myself - maybe it's my age!.
falto de
lacking in
starved of
devoid of
In Britain, this meant the dislocation and scattering of what were close-knit communities either to sprawling suburban council estates, often grossly lacking in amenities, or to blocks of high-rise flats.
Britain seems on the way to becoming an intellectual and academic backwater, starved of research facilities including libraries.
Further, classification and the network of relationships between subjects can be a fascinating study in itself, even devoid of any applications.
falto de agua
waterless
This area is visited only by desert rats, biologists, military personnel, and those desperate people willing to walk across as much as 60 miles of waterless trail.
falto de alegría
joyless
Cataloging should certainly not be a joyless, irrelevant, and zombielike process.
falto de aliento
breathless
The stories are told in the breathless voice of a gossip, full of juicy tidbits, and a shrewd understanding of what makes one life connect to another.
falto de civismo
uncivic
They found that a clear line could be drawn between civic and `uncivic' regions - and that `public affairs are more successfully ordered' in the former.
falto de claridad
nebulous
The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.
falto de compañerismo
unsupportive
I feel that librarians tend to be terribly critical and unsupportive of each other.
falto de coordinación
uncoordinated [unco-ordinated]
Duplication of publications, debasement of quality, misleading titles, and an unplanned, uncoordinated and piecemeal growth of secondary publications are part and parcel of this information indiscipline.
falto de dinero
short of money
strapped
financially strapped
cash strapped
This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.
This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.
Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game.
As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online.
falto de espacio
cramped
Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.
falto de explicación
unaccounted
The raids have revealed that the actress has an unaccounted wealth worth millions of dollars in the form of jewellery, property and business.
falto de fundamento
without foundation
He acquits Brissot on all counts but finds that Darnton's suspicions were not entirely without foundation.
falto de fundamentos
unsupported
Even more reprehensible than the unsupported recollection is the guess, however well informed.
falto de ideas
short of ideas
It is clear that the author is not short of ideas and the book contains plenty of nuggets of wisdom and suggestions for improvements.
falto de imaginación
unimaginative
The author suggests ways in which publishers can improve their book marketing which at present tends to be staid, out of date and unimaginative.
falto de inteligencia
unintelligent
Hurling emotional and unintelligent missives to those who may be vulnerable is tantamount to 'mental abuse' or 'bullying'.
falto de orden
unordered
Experience has shown that the vastness of this as yet unordered field holds many pitfalls for the unwary librarian and researcher.
falto de oxígeno
rarefied
More serious is the objection that this scheme would involve putting the film inside a vacuum chamber, for electron beams behave normally only in such a rarefied environment.
falto de personal
understaffed [under-staffed]
A problem central to the library profession is that libraries are chronically underfunded and understaffed.
falto de práctica
rusty [rustier -comp., rustiest -sup.]
Adults who have chosen to interrupt their educational careers often face the problem of rusty academic skills.
falto de recursos
resource-starved
Librarians trained in developed countries face severe psychological problems on their return to their resource-starved home countries where librarianship is a low-status, poorly-regarded, unappreciated profession.
falto de sensibilidad
insensitive
In addition, Ms. Marshall has done a great deal of research in the area of subject control, particularly with respect to ethnically and otherwise insensitive topical and name headings.
falto de sentido crítico
uncritical
He then went on to note sardonically that, 'this may not be a major drawback because of the increasingly uncritical acceptance of cataloging data which probably conflicts with previous practice at a given library'.
falto de sentimientos
unsentimental
Books which portray these self-same tasks in an unsentimental, believable way, can influence the manner in which girls cope with similar personal experiences.
falto de servicios [Usado generalmente para referirse a aquellos sectores de la población más marginados]
underserved
The branch became a model of public library services to an underserved minority.
falto de sueño
sleep-deprived
America is raising a nation of sleep-deprived kids, with only 20 percent getting the recommended nine hours of shut-eye on school nights.
falto de tiempo
crunched for time
time-crunched
short of time
When you're crunched for time, take along snacks that pack a wallop, nutritionally speaking.
Whether a time-crunched professional or busy mother of three, anyone can succeed with the right knowledge and passion.
This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.
falto de visión de futuro
myopic
Street boys like Slake, a dodger used to running away, do not, even when they are myopic and dreamers, allow themselves to bump into lampposts.
personas faltas de servicios, las [Usado generalmente para referirse a aquellos sectores de la población más marginados]
underserved, the
This study laid the foundation for the development of library services for the underserved.
