Lacking

Quick meaning: Lacking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of lack.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of lack.

More Meanings

1. The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.
2. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

Example Sentences

This cheese is lacking in pungency.

A few of the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle are lacking.

The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.

Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

Word Forms

• lackings

Synonyms for lacking

Depending on context, synonyms include absent, awanting, leer, wanting, lack, deficient.

Antonyms for lacking

Common opposites include present.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inadequate, deficient, nonexistent, missing, absent, wanting.

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