Usually means: Deficient or missing in something needed.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word lacking:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. lacking: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. lacking, lacking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lacking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lacking: Vocabulary.com
  5. Lacking, lacking: Wordnik
  6. lacking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. lacking: Wiktionary
  8. lacking: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Lacking, lacking: Dictionary.com
  10. lacking: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Lacking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Lacking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. lacking: Free Dictionary
  14. lacking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. lacking: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lacking: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lacking: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lacking: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The absence of something that is desirable or otherwise ought to be present.
adjective:  Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

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