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# lacking

«lacking» in Mova's school dictionary: **not having something you need, or not having enough of it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lacking); verb form of lack (lack, lacks, lacked, lacking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lacking means not having something you need, or not having enough of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#m1)

2) Lacking in something means having too little of it: lacking in sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: tells a shortage: how many are missing to reach a whole set or a goal: lacking = needed − have, have = needed − lacking. In science: plants lacking water wilt; a diet lacking vitamins makes people ill. Phrases: lacking in, be lacking, sadly lacking.

### examples

- The set is lacking 3 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x1)
- She was lacking $5 to buy the toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x2)
- The puzzle is lacking 12 pieces out of 100. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x3)
- They were lacking 2 players for a team of 11. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x4)
- The plant was lacking water, so its leaves drooped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x5)
- The story was lacking an ending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x6)
- He felt tired because he was lacking sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x7)
- Nothing was lacking for the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x8)
- Only thy coat is lacking before I keep my word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/#x9)

### note

«Lacking» comes from «lack». Marks what is missing: lacking = needed − have, or have = needed − lacking. Trap: «lacking 5» means you need 5 more, not that 5 are left.

### In the corpora

- [Vitamin C helps wounds heal and keeps gums and skin healthy, and sailors once got scurvy from lacking it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/21-what-vitamins-do/7/)
- [And truth is lacking, and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1288/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lacking» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacking/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.