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lacking(dictionary)

lacking (iou)



lacking adjective. L15.
[from LACK verb + -ING2.]
Of a thing: not available, missing; in short supply. L15.
J. Tyndall Flour was lacking to make the sacramental bread.
Deficient (in a specified quality), inadequate; colloq. deficient in intelligence. Formerly also, crippled. M17.
R. Ingalls He's thought it wholly lacking in psychological interest.
In need; poor, destitute. E19.