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English Dictionary: lacking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lacking
adj
  1. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
    Synonym(s): deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)
  2. nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
    Synonym(s): lacking, absent, missing, wanting
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.
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