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- Dictionarylacking/ˈlakɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. not available or in short supply: "adequate resources are sadly lacking"
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LACKING definition: 1. If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it: 2. to not have a quality…. Learn more.
1. : the fact or state of being wanting or deficient. a lack of evidence. 2. : something that is lacking or is needed. Synonyms. Noun. absence. dearth.
LACK definition: 1. the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it: 2. to not have or…. Learn more.
Lacking definition: being without; not having; wanting; less. See examples of LACKING used in a sentence.
If there's a shortage of something, it's lacking. You might also describe something that's deficient — or not quite good enough — as lacking. If a substitute teacher is lacking in skill when it comes to controlling a rowdy class, he'll be exhausted by the end of his first day on the job.
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.]
adjective. 1. 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 evidence.' 2. deficient in or not having enough of. not lacking in confidence.
adjective. /ˈlækɪŋ/ [not before noun] lacking (in something) having none or not enough of something. She's not usually lacking in confidence. The film is sorely lacking in originality. He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough). Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. want may imply some urgency in fulfilling a requirement or a desire: Willing workers are badly wanted.
lacking meaning, definition, what is lacking: not having enough of something or any of...: Learn more.
