lacking

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

inadequate in amount or degree“a deficient education”“deficient in common sense”“lacking in stamina”“tested and found wanting”Synonyms: deficient lacking(p)wanting(p)
nonexistent“the thumb is absent”“her appetite was lacking”Synonyms: absent missing wanting

Lack \Lack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacked (l[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Lacking.]

1.To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Love them and lakke them not.— Piers Plowman.[1913 Webster]

2.To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. [1913 Webster]

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God.— James i. 5.[1913 Webster]