lacking
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Even if rates don’t go up, someone relying too much on fixed income could find themselves lacking the liquidity needed for an unexpected emergency expense, such as a medical bill or home maintenance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Nagy's team contributed analytical capabilities that helped the researchers determine how the cells were still obtaining cysteine from cystine despite lacking a working disulfide reductase system.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Now lacking support from state attorneys general in a complex antitrust case, WGA dropped a parallel lawsuit to block the Paramount-Warner merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Earl Spencer depicts her as a caring, generous character who was haunted by self-doubt, dogged by eating disorders, lacking in warmth from her new royal family and then ultimately dragged down by the tabloid media.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
They remind me of baby birds, except they’re lacking all enthusiasm.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Vocabulary lists containing lacking
Absent
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