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lacking
lack L0005900 (lăk)n.1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks v.tr. To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box.v.intr.1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking.2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends.
[Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault.]Usage Note: When lack is used in the sense "to be wanting or deficient," it is typically followed by in: You will not be lacking in support from me. When lack is used in the sense of "to be in need of something," it is often followed by for: "In the terrible, beautiful age of my prime, / I lacked for sweet linen but never for time" (E.B. White).lacking (ˈlakɪŋ) adjmissing or absentdeficient in or not having enough ofinadequate; not good enoughThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | lacking - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"deficient, wantinginadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" | | 2. | lacking - nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"wanting, absent, missingnonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
lackingadjective deficient, wanting, needing, missing, inadequate, minus (informal), flawed, impaired, sans (archaic) Why was military intelligence so lacking?lackingadjective1. Lacking an essential element:defective, deficient, incomplete, wanting.2. Deficient in a usual or needed amount:absent, wanting.3. Not having a desirable element:barren, destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, void, wanting.Idiom: in want of.TranslationsarmdépourvuprivocarentemancanteIdiomsSeelacklacking
Synonyms for lackingadj deficientSynonyms- deficient
- wanting
- needing
- missing
- inadequate
- minus
- flawed
- impaired
- sans
Synonyms for lackingadj lacking an essential elementSynonyms- defective
- deficient
- incomplete
- wanting
adj deficient in a usual or needed amountSynonymsadj not having a desirable elementSynonyms- barren
- destitute
- devoid
- empty
- innocent
- void
- wanting
Synonyms for lackingadj inadequate in amount or degreeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj nonexistentSynonymsRelated Words |