adjective [notbeforenoun]
1 ~ (in sth) having none or not enough of sth:
She's not usually lacking in confidence. * The book is completely lacking in originality. * He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough).
2 not present or not available
SYNMISSING:
I feel there is something lacking in my life.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lacking is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lacking appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lacking appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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