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Inadequate society quits idling (7)

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lacking

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'inadequate' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for lacking that I've seen before include "Short" , "Being without, wanting" , "Deficient or inadequate" , "Absent, deficient" , "Missing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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