lacking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlækɪŋ/

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Verb

lacking

1. present participle and gerund of lack

Noun

lacking (plural lackings)

1. The absence of something; a lack.
   • 1914, Sax Rohmer, The Romance of Sorcery:

     Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion.

Translations

absence of something — see lack

Adjective

lacking (comparative more lacking, superlative most lacking)

1. Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

   This cheese is lacking in pungency.

   The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly.

Translations

missing or not having enough of something

• Catalan: mancat (ca), desproveït (ca), freturós (ca) m, freturosa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不足 (zh) (bùzú), 缺乏 (zh) (quēfá), 欠缺 (zh) (qiànquē)

• Finnish: puutteellinen (fi) (more often with verb phrase using puuttua)
• French: dépourvu (fr)
• German: no equivalent term in German, but see -los (de) (-less), mangeln (de) (verb), mangelhaft (de) (insufficient)
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wans)
• Italian: sprovvisto (it)
• Japanese: いまいち (ja) (imaichi)
• Latin: dēlicuus
• Mansaka: kolang
• Middle English: bareyne
• Polish: pozbawiony
• Portuguese: desprovido (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Sanskrit: ऊन (sa) (ūna)
• Spanish: desprovisto (es), falto (es), carente (es)

Anagrams

• Glackin, calking