lacking
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The term, which describes an unsettling, empty place lacking signs of life, has now become an object of fascination among young people online.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
It has said a ceasefire is necessary in order for its forces to disarm Hezbollah themselves, but Israel has previously accused the government in Beirut of lacking the ability to do so.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Here, Conlon offers a lesson in the kind of leadership generally lacking in modern society, by simultaneously staying out of the way yet being at the essential center of things.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
In one example, two mice lacking methylation on a specific allele produced offspring in which both copies of that allele carried methylation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Evy, loving talent in music and lacking it herself, sought for it avidly in her children.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Vocabulary lists containing lacking
Absent
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Empty
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Scarce
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