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- Dictionarylacking/ˈlakɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. not available or in short supply: "adequate resources are sadly lacking"
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LACKING definition: 1. If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it: 2. to not have a quality…. Learn more.
Lacking definition: being without; not having; wanting; less. See examples of LACKING used in a sentence.
Synonyms for LACKING: insufficient, scarce, inadequate, low, deficient, short, wanting, unacceptable; Antonyms of LACKING: adequate, sufficient, enough, abundant, ample, plentiful, generous, liberal.
1. : to be deficient or missing. time is lacking for a full explanation. 2. : to be short or have need of something. he will not lack for advisers. The area does not lack for good restaurants. transitive verb. : to stand in need of : suffer from the absence or deficiency of.
1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking. 2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends. [Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault .]
a condition of not having any or enough of something, esp. something necessary or wanted: a lack of ambition / confidence / knowledge. a lack of money. She certainly has no lack of friends (= She has a lot of friends).
If there's a shortage of something, it's lacking. You might also describe something that's deficient — or not quite good enough — as lacking. If a substitute teacher is lacking in skill when it comes to controlling a rowdy class, he'll be exhausted by the end of his first day on the job.
LACKING meaning: 1. If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it: 2. to not have a quality…. Learn more.
Lack definition: an absence or inadequate amount of something needed, desirable, or customary. See examples of LACK used in a sentence.
lacking (in something) having none or not enough of something. She's not usually lacking in confidence. The film is sorely lacking in originality. He was taken on as a teacher but was found lacking (= was thought not to be good enough).
