- present participle of lack.
lacking
Example Sentences
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Timely communication was a concern at times, the report said, with the department lacking a necessary number of radio wave frequencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Water systems in smaller communities depend on internet-connected automated systems, with many lacking the resources to provide adequate security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Common — and valid — reasons for declining include living far away, health issues, conflicts of interest and/or merely lacking the time or ability to manage the estate, the law firm adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
This prevents migrants lacking legal status from automatically traveling on to Europe and their asylum claims are assessed in Ceuta itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
As described by William Julius Wilson in his book When Work Disappears, the overwhelming majority of African Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded schools lacking basic resources.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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