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View usage for: (lakɪŋ) 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]If something or someone is lacking in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it. ...if your hair is lacking in lustre and feeling dry. She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself. [+ in] Why was military intelligence so lacking? Synonyms: deficient, wanting, needing, missing More Synonyms of lacking 2. See also lack lacking in British English (ˈlakɪŋ) adjective1. missing or absent Communication is really important but it's often sadly lacking. What is lacking is excitement about what the Party will do if it wins. 'What is lacking in this case,' he concluded, 'Is a corpse.' 2. deficient in or not having enough of not lacking in confidence She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself. Are you frequently lacking in energy and motivation? Are these youngsters so lacking in imagination that all they can think of to do isset cars on fire? 3. inadequate; not good enough Why was military intelligence so lacking? Examples of 'lacking' in a sentencelacking In other languageslacking British English: lacking ADJECTIVE If something or someone is lacking in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it. ...if your hair is lacking in lustre and feeling dry. - American English: lacking
- Brazilian Portuguese: em falta
- Chinese: 缺乏的
- European Spanish: falto de
- French: qui manque de
- German: mangelnd
- Italian: privo
- Japanese: 足りない
- Korean: ∼이 결핍된
- European Portuguese: em falta
- Latin American Spanish: falto de
Why was military intelligence so lacking? Synonyms needing minus (informal) flawed sans (archaic) Additional synonymsThe blast left him with permanently impaired vision. Synonyms damaged, flawed, faulty, defective, imperfect, unsoundDefinition not good enough She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis. Synonyms incapable, incompetent, ineffective, weak, pathetic, faulty, unfitted, unfit, defective, unequal, inept, deficient, imperfect, unqualified, not up to scratch (informal), inexpert, inapt, found wanting Definition not included in something although it perhaps should have been One name was missing from the list. Synonyms absent, lacking, left out, not present, wanting in, not to be found in Additional synonymsDefinition lacking I feel as if something important is wanting in my life. Synonyms lacking, missing, absent, incomplete, needing, short, shy |