lacking
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For investors lacking exposure to energy, this may be a good time to buy the dip.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Totally lacking in substance, with a gratuitous dance break – what's not to like?
From BBC • May 8, 2026
They only partially captured usage on Apple devices, and consolidated data was lacking for Russia, Iran and China.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
This “Farm” isn’t lacking for good intentions and, in spots, as with Woody Harrelson’s fine casting as the naïve, loyal horse Boxer, one can see glimmers of what a good adaptation might have been.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
It was a sweet-salty smell, bland but strong, warm but not comforting, lacking herbs and spices.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing lacking
Absent
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