lacking
adjective
uk/ˈlæk.ɪŋ/us/ˈlæk.ɪŋ/be lacking
C2
If something that you need is lacking, you do not have enough of it:
缺少，缺乏Enthusiasm has beensadlylacking these pastmonthsatwork.在过去的这几个月里大家的工作热情严重不足。
be lacking insomething
C1
to not have aquality:
缺少（某种素质），缺乏（某种因素）He'stotallylacking incharm.他一点儿魅力都没有。
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premiumidiom
- be thin on the groundidiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- long onsomethingand short onsomethingidiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- mingy
- nearly
- scrubby
- shortage
- shortfall
- shortness
- shy
- skinny
- sparse
- thin
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