lacking
/ˈlækɪŋ/ noun B2- The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.
Plural lackings
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In fact, he had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
It seemed very lonely, lacking those fresh young lives.
She sometimes thought wistfully that Marilla was very hard to please and distinctly lacking in sympathy and understanding.
Yet she was undeniably glad that they were in the same class; the old rivalry could still be carried on, and Anne would hardly have known what to do if it had been lacking.
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