Synonyms for lacking
lack·ing

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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"

   Antonyms:
   existent, adequate, existing, equal

2. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

   nonexistent

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

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), wanting, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, absent, missing

   Antonyms:
   existing, adequate, existent, equal

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1. lackingadjective

   Synonyms:
   deficient, insufficient, unsupplied, shy, wanting, devoid

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1. List of paraphrases for "lacking":

   missing, lack

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1. Carl Jung:

   Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

2. Paul Burton:

   Japan is very keen to secure a significant piece of overseas business following the relaxation of its export legislation, and this Australian submarine deal was widely regarded as becoming a landmark trade, the tradecraft required to convince a sophisticated domestic buyer that Japan's was superior to that offered by France was lacking.

3. Bogdan Bartnikowski:

   I have hope that for sure there will continue to be groups of visitors to the museum, us former prisoners will not be lacking.

4. Stanley Hubbard:

   He didn't click on television. He's lacking TV star power.

5. Reetta Kivela:

   The oats are sheared and heated under the right conditions and combined with the beans. The amino acids that are lacking in oats are in the beans, so they are a good combination, we have patented our production method that allows us to produce the fibrous texture of oats and beans.