lacking
Example Sentences
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The agency is ready in terms of staff and infrastructure to receive those leaving Iran but funding was lacking for the relief effort, said Jamal.
From Barron's
“Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” conveys professionalism and competence but is seriously lacking in imagination.
His comments, however, were lacking in clarity even when he was pushed for more detail.
From BBC
“Two years ago, the triumph of the Watergate mentality might have become similarly disastrous if those who planned and executed it had not been almost wholly lacking in political finesse.”
From Salon
Children clung to their mothers inside halls lacking the most basic necessities.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
