be found lacking
Example Sentences
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But that also means that it’s often going to be found lacking in individual cases.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2019
This has meant that, while weakness has often compelled them to endure being lectured, criticized and to be found lacking, they have always chafed under such a censorious regimen.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2013
But price alone doesn�t ensure quality, and there are more than a few expensive yachts that can be found lacking when it comes to the subtle details that differentiate the mediocre from the superb.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The shadows of life's evening were gathering around her, and heart and flesh beginning to fail, but no efforts of charity or mercy might be found lacking.
From Elizabeth Fry by Pitman, Mrs. E. R.
Dynamical Geology.—This particular branch of the subject is made less prominent than usual in geological works, but it will not be found lacking in any point.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various