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Lacking

//ˈlækɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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

    "This cheese is lacking in pungency."

Adjective
  1. 1
    inadequate in amount or degree wordnet
  2. 2
    nonexistent wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.

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

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lack form-of, gerund, participle, present

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