lacking
/ˈlakɪŋ
/adjective [predicative]
1Not available or in short supply: adequate resources are sadly lacking...
- Even the seeds are partly or wholly lacking, and when present are very thin and small.
- Reports of exactly what is happening or has happened in Tal Afar are lacking, and those that are available have little detail.
- Police presence, which is lacking, should act as a deterrent for criminals.
1.1(Of a quality) absent: there was something lacking in our marriage...
- All the qualities that were so sadly lacking seven days earlier were there in abundance against the Sky Blues.
- Innovation is sorely lacking in so many areas of life, he said.
- They knocked in a barrage of goals in the first two rounds, displaying a consistency sorely lacking in the past.
Synonyms
absent, missing, non-existent, not present, unavailable, not to be found
1.2Deficient or inadequate: the students are not lacking in intellectual ability workers were asked in what way they found their managers lacking...
- To be fair to the Tralee side they were not lacking in spirit and endeavour and they made the visitors fight every inch of the way.
- Many Army barracks are overcrowded and lacking in modern amenities, such as air conditioning.
- For someone so lacking in motivation, he has done quite well for himself.
Synonyms
deficient, defective, inadequate, wanting, limited, flawed, faulty, insufficient, unacceptable, impaired, imperfect, second-rate, restricted, inferior
without, devoid of, bereft of, bankrupt of, destitute of, empty of, deprived of, free from/of;
deficient in, low on, short on, in need of
informal minus
- phonofilm
- phonogenic
- phonogram
- phonogramic
- phonogrammatic
- phonogrammic
- phonograph
- phonographed
- phonographer
- phonographic
- phonographically
- phonograph record
- phonography
- phonolaryngoscope
- phonolite
- phonolith
- phonolitic
- phonologic
- phonological
- phonologically
- phonologist
- phonologization
- phonology
- phonometer
- phonometric