lackingadjective
uk/ˈlæk.ɪŋ/us/ˈlæk.ɪŋ/be lacking
C2 If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it:
Enthusiasm has been sadly lacking these past months at work.
be lacking in sth
C1 to not have a quality:
He's totally lacking in charm.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premium idiom
- be thin on the ground idiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- late
- long on sth and short on sth idiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- mingy
- nearly
- rare
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortfall
- sparse
- supply
- thin
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