Definitions

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  • verb Present participle of lack.

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  • adjective inadequate in amount or degree
  • adjective nonexistent

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Examples

  • Tom gently probed the wound, his expression lacking optimism.

    Rot & Ruin Jonathan Maberry 2010

  • So having stress disorder was seen as lacking morals, hence the term lacking moral fibre?

    lmf 2006

  • Hannah hesitated, her expression lacking the assurance that had seemed so natural to her.

    A Share in Death Deborah Crombie 1993

  • What has been sorely lacking is the pastoral dimension.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • A middle layer of explanation has certainly been lacking from the start: the effort of persuasion that is neither inspirational nor tactical, where a leader tries to convert people to his side.

    David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010

  • A middle layer of explanation has certainly been lacking from the start: the effort of persuasion that is neither inspirational nor tactical, where a leader tries to convert people to his side.

    David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010

  • A middle layer of explanation has certainly been lacking from the start: the effort of persuasion that is neither inspirational nor tactical, where a leader tries to convert people to his side.

    David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010

  • What has been sorely lacking is the pastoral dimension.

    Scripture 2009

  • A middle layer of explanation has certainly been lacking from the start: the effort of persuasion that is neither inspirational nor tactical, where a leader tries to convert people to his side.

    David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010

  • A middle layer of explanation has certainly been lacking from the start: the effort of persuasion that is neither inspirational nor tactical, where a leader tries to convert people to his side.

    David Bromwich: The Dying Art of Political Explanation David Bromwich 2010

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