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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. inadequate in amount or degree;
- Example: "a deficient education"
- Example: "deficient in common sense"
- Example: "lacking in stamina"
- Example: "tested and found wanting"
[syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)]

2. nonexistent;
- Example: "the thumb is absent"
- Example: "her appetite was lacking"
[syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked (l[a^]kt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Lacking.]
   1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
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            Love them and lakke them not.         --Piers
                                                  Plowman.
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   2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
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            If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.
                                                  --James i. 5.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lacking
    adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
           "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina";
           "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient,
           lacking(p), wanting(p)]
    2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
       lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]