Comparative for deficient or inadequate in amount
“Funds were severely lacking, and we would have a tough time paying our bills.”
Comparative for deficient or inadequate in quality
“The audio quality is quite clearly lacking in these sound files.”
(of a quality) Comparative for absent or not present
“They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.”
(lacking in) Comparative for without or deficient in (something)
“The concert was rather dull and lacking in energy.”
Comparative for not producing any desired or required effect
Comparative for not having all the necessary or appropriate parts
Comparative for subject to deprivation
Comparative for being required or essential for a given objective
Comparative for feeling defeated due to lacking the expected result or outcome
Comparative for in dire need of something
Comparative for ambiguous or undecided, not having or leading to a conclusion
Comparative for without or lacking in
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