Today's A.Word.A.Day--manque

manque (mang-KAY) adjective

   Unfulfilled in realization of one's potential or ambition.

[From French manqué, past participle of manquer (to lack), from Italian mancare, from manco (lacking, defective), from Latin mancus (maimed, having a crippled hand). Ultimately from Indo-European root man- (hand) that's also the source of manage, maintain, maneuver, manufacture, manuscript, and command.]