Great scholar as he is, he is lacking in common sense.
Source: tatoeba (28293)
Lacking
//ˈlækɪŋ//
Synonyms for "lacking" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
deficientnonexistentwithoutabscondedabsentadulteratedarrestedawaybankruptbankrupt inbare ofbereavedbereaved ofbereftbereft ofblemishedcallowcut offdamageddefective
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
lostmakeshiftmediocreminusmissingmixedneedingnegativeno longer presentnonattendantnot enoughnot foundnot perfectnot presentnulloffomittedout ofout of pocketout of sight
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partparted frompartialpatchyrobbed ofsansscantscant ofscantyscarcescrappyshornshorn ofshortshort ofshyshy ofsketchystarvedstrippedstripped ofsubtractedtaken awaytoo littleunblessed withunderdevelopedundevelopedunequal tounevenunexistingunfinishedunperfectedunpossessed ofunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunsatisfyingunsoundunsufficingunthoroughvacuousvanishedvoidvoid ofwantingwithout being
Adjective(7 words)
Preposition(1 words)
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- desproveït adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- freturosa adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- freturós adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- mancat adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不足 adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- 欠缺 adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- 缺乏 adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Finnish
1 entries- puutteellinen adj (missing or not having enough of something)
French
1 entries- dépourvu adj (missing or not having enough of something)
German
3 entries- but see -los (-less) adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- mangelhaft adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- mangeln adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Greek
2 entries- ανεπαρκής adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- ελλιπής adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Irish
1 entries- de dhíth adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Italian
1 entries- sprovvisto adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Japanese
1 entries- いまいち adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Latin
1 entries- dēlicuus adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Mansaka
1 entries- kolang adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Middle English
1 entries- bareyne adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكسیك adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- نقصان adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Polish
1 entries- pozbawiony adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- desprovido adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ऊन adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Spanish
3 entries- carente [de] adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- desprovisto [de] adj (missing or not having enough of something)
- falto [de] adj (missing or not having enough of something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Mary is lacking in delicacy.
Source: tatoeba (31767)
The child was completely lacking in discipline.
Source: tatoeba (47404)
Money for the plan was lacking.
Source: tatoeba (48560)
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