Wondering how to use Lacking in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wanting or missing.
Lacking meaning
present participle and gerund of lack
Synonyms of Lacking
Example sentences (20)
But the GOP senators left McConnell with the understanding the support for Ukraine funding overall would be lacking.
As per the story, this mission leads the participant to ghost Richard Jackdaw seeking the lacking pages from the ebook.
All religions and all denominations struggle not to make God tribal, biased, and lacking in full love and understanding.
As I’ve written about the California wildfires, forest management on public land has been lacking for decades.
It's that time of the year again — awards season — when we are reminded of the lacking diversity in Hollywood.
In fact, the GT was genuinely enjoyable to drive, despite its 1.6L engine lacking in power compared to most of its rivals.
At Welcome Home, there is a sense of community, and belonging is something that often is lacking for those in the community.
If your home theater is lacking in the audio department, Woot! just gave you a great excuse to upgrade it.
A casual observer may have seen Riley’s reaction and decided the hotshot young coach was majorly lacking in life perspective.
Given all the money in the world and a talented cast, that film was still truly awful and utterly lacking in any charm for me.
However, many rival EVs have a feature that auto-populates directions to recommended charging stations, which is lacking here.
However, they can still take advantage of a few 4-star polearms whenever a proper 5-star is lacking in the player’s inventory.
Here is a hint: the owls in the image look a lot like the chickens, but are lacking two of the illustrated anatomical features.
Banks lacking next-generation talent, scale, and highly skilled directors will fall further and further behind industry leaders.
Is it Sergio Pérez at Red Bull, with his performance lacking in recent weeks and his contract set to run out at the end of 2024?
It can lead to content that feels impersonal, generic and lacking the emotional connection that successful storytelling requires.
As much effort as he gives - and he's never lacking - sometimes he was struggling to be at his best.
But don’t expect room-filling sound, and bass is severely lacking, so they’re better suited to voice content than music or movies.
His talent was not in doubt, though, but the opportunity to compete with the best teams was lacking.
It’s also something I think is often lacking today’s romantic comedies, which likely is why this holiday rom-com remains a classic.
Common combinations with lacking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lacking in 41×
- lacking the 21×
- is lacking 19×
- and lacking 12×
- are lacking 11×
- be lacking 9×
- was lacking 9×
- been lacking 8×
- lacking and 7×
- for lacking 7×
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