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lacking

/ˈlækɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc). · This cheese is lacking in pungency.· The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.
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In fact, he had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 11 · C1
It seemed very lonely, lacking those fresh young lives.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 240 · C1
She sometimes thought wistfully that Marilla was very hard to please and distinctly lacking in sympathy and understanding.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 243 · C1
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 291 · C1

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