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lacking meaning

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  • NounPLlackingsSUF-ing
    1. The absence of something; a lack.
    2. Verb
      1. present participle of lack.
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore lackingSUPmost lacking
        1. missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).
          1. This cheese is lacking in pungency. ‎
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Humility and care for others are the important qualities lacking in our self-preoccupations and self-elevations.
          • The names in question are George A. Romero and Stephen King, with the former having adapted three of the latter's stories for this omnibus snoozefest which is utterly lacking in chills or thrills.
          • The socialists all seemed to me to be old, even those who were anagraphically young, and to be lacking in revolutionary capacity.

      Meaning of lacking for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "lacking" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Verbs
              • Verb forms
                • Participles
                  • Present participles
            Difficultness: Level 2
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            Definiteness: Level 1
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