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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)adjective

    inadequate in amount or degree

    "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

  2. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

    nonexistent

    "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

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  1. lacking

    Lacking refers to the state or condition of being without or not having enough of something; deficiency in quantity or quality, insufficiency, or absence. It can also denote a situation where there is a need of something desired or deemed necessary.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lacking

    of Lack

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LACKING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lacking is ranked #147253 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lacking surname appeared 112 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lacking.

    93.7% or 105 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lacking in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lacking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lacking in a Sentence

  1. Mimi Haleyi:

    If they are engaging in speculation as to my client, I believe that they are lacking in facts which would exculpate their client Mr. Harvey Weinstein.

  2. Brian Flores:

    What needs to be changed with respect to The Rooney Rule is not the rule, but owners' compliance with the rule and the league's willingness to come down hard on owners when they violate the rule, the rule and the concept behind the rule are, in my view, strong. Compliance with the rule is, in my view, sorely lacking and that's where the disconnect is and that's what led to Brian Flores ' lawsuit.

  3. Peter Bouckaert:

    The detainees at Roszke are held in filthy, overcrowded conditions, hungry, and lacking medical care, the Hungarian authorities have an obligation to ensure that migrants and asylum-seekers are held in humane conditions and that their rights are respected.

  4. Boris Johnson:

    Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically, the EU is an attempt to do this by different methods. But fundamentally what is lacking is the eternal problem, which is that there is no underlying loyalty to the idea of Europe.

  5. Rick Wiley:

    Governor Walker has demonstrated bold leadership, something that’s sorely lacking in Washington, D.C., this country needs leaders with records of accomplishment.

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