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lacking

missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc)

lacking

(= deficient, wanting) inadequate in amount or degree a deficient education deficient in common sense lacking in stamina tested and found wanting (= absent) nonexistent the thumb is absent her appetite was lacking

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Simple sentences

The child was completely lacking in discipline.
Money for the plan was lacking.
Japan is lacking in raw materials.
He is lacking in experience.
He is lacking in common sense.
She is lacking in common sense.
She is lacking in sense of beauty.
Compared with his father he is lacking in depth.
I have a feeling that something is lacking in my life.
Today I'm lacking inspiration.
He is lacking in decisiveness.
Tom is lacking in courage.
Anna doesn't accept her appearance. She's lacking in self-confidence.
Mary is lacking in delicacy.
His speech was lacking in soul.
He must be lacking in common sense.

Movie subtitles

You are lacking.
The progress of the world will not fail due to learned ignoramuses lacking in fantasy whose brains work in inverse proportion to their calcification -!
This is contrasted with his present mood. which is so low that even the instinct for self-preservation is lacking.
I have a pound, if it makes lacking.
And, if you were not so lacking in perception, you might have spared yourself my refusal! Is-is this the only reply I'm to be honored with?
The occasion seems a little lacking in enthusiasm, Henry.
For yes, it was now a mob, lacking any organization.
It seems to me there's something lacking.
But she's lacking something.
A charming girl, though perhaps at times her conversation is a little lacking in sparkle.
I don't think I'm doing anything wrong in writing down daily, with absolute frankness, the simplest and most insignificant secrets of a life actually lacking any trace of mystery.
Lacking facts, he's given you fantasy.
Not particularly to hid credit if he had it. but domething lacking if he hadn't.
Then do you mean that the chiefs of staff of the army and navy. are not only treasonable and incompetent. but are lacking in foresight as well?
You are lacking. You are weak. You are being sluggish.
I'm sorry to say this, but it's become apparent that you're lacking in certain leadership qualities.
Write: premises are lacking for collective seeds and livestock, but not wonderful buildings for the kulaks.
Only a pianist is lacking.
This is contrasted with his present mood, which is so low that even the instinct for self-preservation is lacking.
How can we advance lacking arms, ammunition, necessities even?
If our positions were reversed I shouldn't think of you sending to your death. Lacking a few stray pieces of the puzzle.
You see, in one's womanly enthusiasm one forgets that the qualities vital to success in a venture of this sort are lacking in one: intelligence, courage and authority.
Because wherever he goes, he will be lacking the approval of his cons. Of his cons.
Are you lacking something?
He's not lacking in intelligence.
I don't want you to look back on anything lacking in dignity a few years from now.
I always knew that, But, well, it-It seems that there was just something lacking.
And we're going to made the things that are lacking.
What's lacking in me?
Loyalty changed my mind, a principle evidently lacking in the present generation.
Theirs was perhaps less effective, but was certainly not lacking in charm.
Lacking evidence, I let him go.
If you want something from me. I would be lacking in respect for my own conscience. if I did not say that I wish something from you.
Here are the lacking furnitures.
It's lacking.
We're not lacking air up here.
He is silent, naive. lacking audacity.
Surely you must recall, sir, when Senator Beaufort made. that big hassle about our deterrent lacking credibility.

News and current affairs

Usually, conspiracy theories surface where people are poorly educated and a rigorous independent press is lacking.
He would be shocked to look at today's world: a Europe with stubbornly high unemployment, a Japan mired in a decade of near stagnation, and now an America lacking the policy tools to deal with any additional unexpected economic bad news.
Lacking such external threats, the ties between, say, Czechs and Slovaks (to say nothing of Serbs and Croats!) are too weak to warrant a common national level of government.
What is lacking, however, is a general recognition that the system is broken and needs to be reinvented.
While the decision by some in favor of dynastic succession may be lacking in democracy, it is not entirely devoid of merit.
What is lacking is the strategic vision and determined action of the major political players.
Lula claimed that this ad hoc approach gave Brazil a degree of flexibility lacking in other countries; but it was not cost-free, as he claimed, and the results did not endure.
What is lacking now is consensus about what should be done.
Clearly, that was lacking.
The essential elements of modern European political life - individual rights and duties, and the accountability of government to the governed - are lacking, particularly in the Arab Middle East.
It is difficult to be optimistic about the success of an initiative built on such flimsy legal foundations, and lacking democratic legitimacy.
But even during the Cold War, Americans often pointed out that the European pillar was lacking.
Moreover, the means to work together effectively are often lacking.
Today's post-war generations, lacking direct memory of WWII, view Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace, and prosperity - as a given.
In my own practice, my colleagues and I have encountered patients who reported that they were previously diagnosed with bipolar disorder, despite lacking a history of manic or hypomanic episodes.
Lacking in savings and wanting to grow, the US runs massive current-account and multilateral trade deficits in order to import other countries' surplus savings.
Lacking well-developed capital markets as an alternative source of credit, bank-funding channels are especially vital in Asia.
This approach, so far, has been lacking in the West.
The ambassadors found that providing clean drinking water and sanitation to the billion people lacking such amenities was crucial.
Lacking unified leadership, Libyans reverted to tribal and regional allegiances, at the expense of a shared national identity.
What is lacking in Europe is public and official awareness of where the real potential of European science lies.
All four are now lacking.
Lacking in saving and wanting to grow, America must import surplus savings from abroad.
The world also wanted to see the US retaking the high road in reinforcing business ethics and integrity - so lacking under the last administration.
Humans have long asked this question, but the evidence - the raw data - was lacking.
And with the EU, unlike other federations, lacking a common political destiny, that rationale must center on material benefits.
Candidates deemed insufficiently pious or lacking loyalty to the country's theocratic constitution cannot run.

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