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
It would be strange, indeed, if this or any other power should be found lacking in him.
From Old Familiar Faces by Watts-Dunton, Theodore
But cause for laughter as well will not be found lacking in this truly many-sided narrative._
From A Gentleman from Mississippi by Rhodes, Harrison
The achievements of the Western Australian units already at the front had been proved more than worthy of emulation, and the 28th was determined not to be found lacking.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Collett, Herbert Brayley
