lacking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlækɪŋ/

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Verb

lacking

1. present participle of lack

Noun

lacking (plural lackings)

1. The absence of something; a lack.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery

     Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

Adjective

lacking (comparative more lacking, superlative most lacking)

1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

   This cheese is lacking in pungency.

2. not carrying a firearm

   are you packing or lacking?

Translations

missing or not having enough of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: see puuttua (fi)
• French: dépourvu (fr)
• Italian: sprovvisto (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: いまいち (imaichi)
• Latin: dēlicuus
• Portuguese: desprovido (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Sanskrit: ऊन (sa) (ūna)
• Spanish: desprovisto (es)

Anagrams

• Glackin, calking