lacking en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈlækɪŋ/
Meanings
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Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.
A few of the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle are lacking.
This cheese is lacking in pungency.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most lacking | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lacking | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
uninhabited · naive · mute · foolish · inexperienced · worthless · weak-minded · insubstantial · alexithymic · unskilled · humorless · unadorned · achromatic · bare-bones · stupid · unemployed · vague · weak · cheerless · amorphous · beginningless · silent · impoverished
Relateds
Synonyms
destitute of · poor in · lacking · shorn of · devoid of · awanting · wanting · bereft of · stripped of · deprived of · robbed of · void of · absent · leer · deficient of
Translations (27)
de mangelhaft (missing or not having enough of something) · fi puutteellinen (missing or not having enough of something) · cmn 缺乏 (missing or not having enough of something) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (missing or not having enough of something) · el ελλιπής (missing or not having enough of something) · pt desprovido (missing or not having enough of something) · fr dépourvu (missing or not having enough of something) · cmn 欠缺 (missing or not having enough of something) · ca desproveït (missing or not having enough of something) · cmn 不足 (missing or not having enough of something) · de mangeln (missing or not having enough of something) · sa ऊन (missing or not having enough of something) · ca freturós (missing or not having enough of something) · ca freturosa (missing or not having enough of something) · ga de dhíth (missing or not having enough of something) · el ανεπαρκής (missing or not having enough of something) · es falto/carente/carenciado [with de] (missing or not having enough of something) · pl pozbawiony (missing or not having enough of something) · ota اكسیك (missing or not having enough of something) · msk kolang (missing or not having enough of something) · la dēlicuus (missing or not having enough of something) · enm bareyne (missing or not having enough of something) · it sprovvisto (missing or not having enough of something) · de but see -los (-less) (missing or not having enough of something) · ja いまいち (missing or not having enough of something) · ota نقصان (missing or not having enough of something) · ca mancat (missing or not having enough of something)