Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lacking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lacking}.]
1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
Love them and lakke them not. --Piers
Plowman.
2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
--James i. 5.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lacking
adj 1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking";
"character development is missing from the book" [syn:
{lacking(p)}, {missing}, {nonexistent}, {wanting(a)}]
2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
and found wanting" [syn: {deficient}, {lacking(p)}, {wanting(p)}]
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