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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 been sadly lacking these past months at work.在过去的这几个月里大家的工作热情严重不足。
be lacking in something
C1
to not have a quality: 缺少（某种素质），缺乏（某种因素）
He's totally lacking in charm.他一点儿魅力都没有。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
be at a premiumidiom
be thin on the groundidiom
chronic shortage
dearth
dearth of something
gold dust
insufficiently
lack
like gold dustidiom
long on something and short on somethingidiom
lousy
meagre
scarcity
scrubby
shortage
shortfall
shortness
shy
skinny
thin
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