lacking
preposition
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L338031 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪŋ/
adj
- Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
“This cheese is lacking in pungency.”
“The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.”
noun
- The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.
“Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of lack