Great scholar as he is, he is lacking in common sense.
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Lacking
/ˈlækɪŋ/
Synonyms for "lacking" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
abscondedabsentadulteratedarrestedawaybankruptbankrupt inbare ofbereavedbereaved ofbereftbereft ofblemishedcallowcut offdamageddefectivedeficientdeleteddenuded
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Noun(9 words)
absence of extra costsabsence of patternabsentbe voidcerocomplete lack of orderdeficiencydeficientdeficit
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (52)
destitute ofdevoiddevoid ofdisappeareddivestedembryonicempty oferroneousexistlessfailingfalliblefaultyfor want offorlorn offound wantinggonehalf assedhalf-assedhypoplasticimmature
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impairedimperfectimpreciseimpurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin default ofin short supplyin want ofinaccurateinadequateincompetentincompleteinexactinfantinferiorinsufficientlostmakeshift
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(6 words)
emptierempty shelvesincomplete conditionincomplete patient recordincomplete submissionsineffective style
Related words (88)
mediocreminusmissingmixedneedingnegativeno longer presentnonattendantnonexistentnot enoughnot foundnot perfectnot presentnulloffomittedout ofout of pocketout of sightpart
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parted frompartialpatchyrobbed ofsansscantscant ofscantyscarcescrappyshornshorn ofshortshort ofshyshy ofsketchystarvedstrippedstripped ofsubtractedtaken awaytoo littleunblessed withunderdevelopedundevelopedunequal tounevenunexistingunfinishedunperfectedunpossessed ofunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunsatisfyingunsoundunsufficingunthoroughvacuousvanishedvoidvoid ofwantingwithoutwithout being
Noun(10 words)
Adjective(7 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most out of power
Verb(1 words)
Preposition(1 words)
Preposition(2 words)
withoutwithout onions
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More general
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13 entriesabsentdeficiency in vocabularydeficitinadequacyinadequacy in spellinginadequateinsufficiencyinsufficientmissingscarcityshortageweakness in mathweakness in reading
Collocations
10 entriesacademically lackinglacking backgroundlacking claritylacking contextlacking datalacking detaillacking evidencelacking informationlacking resourcesseverely lacking
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Mary is lacking in delicacy.
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The child was completely lacking in discipline.
Source: tatoeba (47404)
Money for the plan was lacking.
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