- present participle of lack.
lacking
Example Sentences
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Novo is the company behind blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, but investors are concerned that its next-generation products are lacking.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 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
It’s likely that effective leadership was lacking at every level of the military chain of command and resulted in the many issues that Mr. Spencer lists regarding the use of technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
But Amanda Seyfried’s Karen, a creative-writing teacher of convicts in Oklahoma, is nonetheless drawn to this man, someone who pays her the attention she is otherwise lacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
I was either hard-driving and angry or, with my garden and messages about healthy eating, I was a disappointment to feminists, lacking a certain stridency.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing lacking
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