How To Use Lacking In A Sentence

The rocking motion of the treadle and the gentle clacking of the machine often lulled the restless child.
Every fifteen minutes a train made its appearance, tooting and clacking, regular as clockwork.
Also, the kind of good governance needed for a long term regional vision was lacking.
Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria.
Books in digital format, also known as e-books, can be read on devices lacking the power and screen space to afford a regular Web browser.

It was seldom spectacular, lacking the Van Gogh-like, wild-eyed artistry of Cunningham, but it worked.
Lacking auditory and visual cues, the e-mail message or newsgroup post can be productively ambiguous in tone.
Lethargic and lacking self-confidence, he was a quiet dreamer, with interests in theology, art history, and oriental religions.
Colours were good, if none too subtle, but poor contrast made for murky dark scenes with objects lacking depth. Times, Sunday Times
The result: a spare, jagged, supremely efficient novel (183 pages) that, although utterly lacking in exposition, lays bare an entire world of workaday lowlifes trying to get by on the fringes of organized crime. New Fiction
Hypocrisy, though not evident regarding Bennett, is far superior to its replacement in the modern era, relativistic amoralism, as pure behavior seems lacking amongst our fellow humans. "For Republicans, there's only one candidate of hope: Hillary Rodham Clinton."
Edna said, with a blinding smile, the echo of her clacking heels loud on the hardwood floor of our hallway.
A league lacking sparkle on the field now had marquee names in the dugouts. Times, Sunday Times
There had been a gentleness in Lonnie that was lacking in his twin brother. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
The main and just about only beef I had heard from the minority of critics who at least kind of panned this was that the story was lacking, but I have to disagree. Archive 2009-05-01
I have seen a girl, perhaps not more than twenty, also lacking textbooks, exercise books, biros, seen her teach the A B C by scratching the letters in the dirt with a stick, while the sun beat down and the dust swirled. Doris Lessing - Nobel Lecture
He is a simple, honest man, totally lacking in guile.
If the knot is taking a lot of stress, it will usually work itself loose, or let the line slip through, which is never good as it forces you to retighten the line repeatedly in a session of slacking.
It is sad to note that in some instances much-needed cooperation has been lacking and the economy has been held to ransom because of what one might call avaricious tendencies," the president said. ANC Daily News Briefing
And yet Judge Luttig brushes this language aside, seizing upon a different sentence in the Endo opinion: The fact that the Act and the [executive] orders are silent on detention does not of course mean that any power to detain is lacking. Is That Legal?: terrorism Archives
The situation is more pronounced in the area of cyberstalking, where even the most basic information is lacking and where relatively little research is taking place.
Of course, the all-important marketing skill was tellingly lacking in Murthy.
It's not lacking in power or performance thanks to its 2.3 litre turbo engine. Times, Sunday Times
Megachiroptera has only one family, Pteropodidae, and megabat species are either frugivorous or nectarivorous, lacking laryngeal echolocation and relying on olfaction or vision to search food.
Supreme Court after that court criticized Florida for lacking what they called a unified standard of counting ballots. CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Presides Over Electoral Vote Casting in Tallahassee - December 18, 2000
It could easily have been a 20 goal shellacking.
Exhaustively researched, The Sword and the Cross is somewhat deficient in maps and almost totally lacking in illustration.
We felt that the way she was treated was lacking in dignity.
Her voice is good if not emotionally gripping and her songs have an attractive quality but an edgy stimulant is sadly lacking.
His acceptance speech, made on the following evening, was well delivered but generally perceived as lacking in detail.
Members of Atripliceae are characterized by flowers that are usually unisexual, with a perianth present in staminate flowers, and with pistillate flowers lacking a perianth but having accrescent bracteoles in fruit.
It may even be the least-worst option for some management teams lacking in imagination or talent. Times, Sunday Times
But are we really so lacking in self-awareness as to miss our own role in all this? Times, Sunday Times
Such verdicts did not have an immediate impact, and for a while Arsenal's play was smooth but lacking a contrasting pointedness in the penalty area. Arsenal 3-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report
The book sometimes loses itself in lengthy lists, yet remains lacking in detailed or relevant context. The Times Literary Supplement
Describing the women's attackers as "insensate" ( 'Lacking sense or the power to reason;' 'Foolish; witless'), the traditional leaders said the actions of Ngcukana's attackers were not only "barbaric", but unconstitutional in that they violated gender discrimination provisions. ANC Daily News Briefing
Where history and reliable information were lacking, such myths helped fill a gap. SPICE: The History of a Temptation
Toyota first imported the T - 100 and as the market found it lacking heft and zip it was replaced in 1999 by the U.S. bodied, import-engined Tundra.
We are unjust people (having imaginary arguments strikes me as a bit lacking in proportion, not so mention meagerness of world), and so we are continually confused into failing to give unto each thing its due. Fairness and Justice « Unknowing
At the moment though your claims of what the industry writ large is up to is lacking in sourcing & wider understanding. Heads up staffers, tips to avoid a Health Care "Town Hell" (Blog for Democracy)
Where history and reliable information were lacking, such myths helped fill a gap. SPICE: The History of a Temptation
I feel hustle and bustle may be enough to inflict damage in the group stage but once the games become one-offs and we have to go the extra mile to carve out victories I feel we will be once again found lacking.
But uniformity is lacking even between animal depictions within the same painting group.
The magazine also criticized ‘the polemical, partisan mean-spiritedness that lies at the heart of his book, and to an even greater degree, his television appearances flacking it.’
If the content of the pieces is somewhat lacking, then the composer's ear for the perfect registration does mean that there are some delicious sounds to be savoured and Harold Britton makes the most of them.
Lacking familial motivation and psychological stability, he can not persist responsibly at work even when he can find it.
With cords lacking safety closures, cover any unused outlets with electrical tape or with plastic caps to prevent the chance of a child making contact with the live circuit.
Although scyphozoan sequences are lacking in the HOX1, HOX2, HOX9-14A and CDX groups (figure 1), these absences could be due to non exhaustive sampling from PCR surveys, a full genome sequence being currently lacking for this cnidarian lineage PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
He did not get a high score on the test, he was uncommunicative in the interview, and his playing seemed immature, lacking the kind of complexity that is often seen as an expression of intelligence. Red Flags or Red Herrings?
Ryan has once again deciphered your code words and found you morally lacking. Think Progress » TABOR Defeat Rattles Right Wing
Even after adjusting for these factors, Costa and Kahn found that veterans from companies lacking in cohesion were six times more likely than peers from cohesive companies to suffer from arteriolosclerosis or to have heart attacks or strokes by their late 50s or early 60s. Environmental and Urban Economics
The camera is static, and the compositions gelid, lacking any originality.
The one i own was probably only good for 50% of that, made in the '80's in the US but the craftmanship is lacking. SHOT Show Report: Browning X-Bolt and Winchester Model 1894
Reliable information on blood lead levels from many parts of Europe is lacking but studies from Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) suggest that average exposure levels in children may be high. Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6
New Year should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.
New Year should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.
One suspects he might have found it a bit lacking in physical effort. Times, Sunday Times
Religion as a social institution is not identical with a deeper spiritual life and even can prosper for a time when such a life is lacking.
He wanted the private consortium to keep taking a shellacking on the things. SILENT JOE
In contrast with tungsten, hafnium does not interact readily with iron-rich material, but it does combine readily with the elements in rocks lacking in iron.
The book is altogether lacking in originality.
Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head. READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally.
An adequate account of boredom, then, must explain in one sense that only something indeterminate is lacking.
The most complete fossil was that of an adult male skull lacking a lower jaw found embedded in ancient cemented sands.
If malice aforethought is lacking the unlawful homicide will be manslaughter.
The nutrient deficiency of Anthurium scherzerianum was studied. The typical symptom of limp and leaves lacking of certain kind of big element were observed and analyzed.
That would have hindered any formal investigation and it has meant this inquiry has had to rely purely on his memory which has proved to be lacking. Times, Sunday Times
Many welfare recipients -- Those lacking education or living where there are no ready jobs lose benefits after a year or two.
Not that any sex talks are pending with a five-month-old baby; the issue came up for me when I realized that our bathtime body-part-naming song was, um, lacking in pedagogical rigor when it came to certain body parts. The Vagina Dialogues | Her Bad Mother
The party was derided as totally lacking in ideas.
It's made me think hard about the moments where my own leadership has been signally lacking.
Is there any major problem lacking a current remedy for which Washington could plausibly offer a solution?
Is she "lacking in motherly inhibitions and propriety and self-control" [p. 156]? Runaway by Alice Munro: Questions
Ultimately, he wants to find bigger premises and set up a chandlery, a facility lacking on the reopened Rochdale Canal.
The last issue had a good letter from someone who signed himself Conscript, describing how he and his comrades were forced to waste their time in polishing brass, blacking the rubber hoses on stirrup pumps with boot polish, scraping broom handles with razor blades, and so on. As I Please
There's folky indie, there's metaly indie, dancey indie, there's indie-schmindie, jingly-jangly bumhead indie, punky-indie, singer-songwritery indie* ... and even those descriptions are inherantly lacking in proper decriptive terms. Word Magazine -
In the huge battles of 1914-15 Russian infantrymen had to attack unprotected by artillery barrages and often lacking even rifles.
Any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having long legs and a long prehensile tail and lacking a thumb.
Lacking both form and content, Soul Survivors can hardly be called a movie at all.
Lacking a one euro coin, you can use a jeton* provided by most supermarkets. Un jeton - French Word-A-Day
Lacking the special wrenches required to remove the bolts that held the wings on, the dockworkers had employed cold chisels on the bolt heads.
Blunt, but at the same time it's impossible to take his new album seriously because it is so completely lacking in depth and bite. Times, Sunday Times
Lacking appeal downstate is code for "white people won't vote for him. The National Ledger - News
impugned" means to assail by words or arguments, oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity. Brownsville Herald :
It was not just the seagulls who were lacking a sunny disposition. Times, Sunday Times
New Year should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love will do.
Jim's juvenilia, in general, are lacking in distinction, but they do chart a rapidly maturing interest in poetry.
Garrymore, lacking the overall balance of their opponents, did make a spirited effort to get into the reckoning in the third quarter, but could make little headway.
Arguably, neurologists may do a great job of looking after the patient's nervous system but may be found lacking when dealing with associated illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension and the resulting polypharmacy.
A day before departure we were still lacking an itinerary.
The rear seats, though, are definitely lacking in legroom and are only really suitable for children or vertically challenged adults.
Plans are still lacking on coping with the mind-boggling problems brought about by mass tourism.
These pure language mavens always come up with the notion people who use language that shocks their shell-pink ears are simply lacking in vocabulary.
Guilt is the great disguiser, blacking the white of the sun.
I have seen a girl – perhaps not more than 20, also lacking textbooks, exercise books, biros – teach the ABC by scratching the letters in the dirt with a stick, while the sun beat down and the dust swirled. Doris lessing | a hunger for books « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
The only thing lacking are moist tissues to clean fingers with after eating the ribs.
Lacking foothills, it appears to shoot straight up into the sky, its jagged granite peaks floating above the clouds.
Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines,the scent of flowers and wine,good talk,good memories andloyalties renewed.But if all else is lacking-love will do.
We live in a society today where spiritual, moral and ethical values are lacking amongst our people.
We urge the Government to act on the report's recommendations, channelling resources into the NHS that have been scandalously lacking in the past.
Evidence is lacking as to whether breast examinations can reduce breast cancer mortality.
His works are known for a certain voluptuousness and ripe sensuality, his figures lacking much of the grace and elegance of earlier bijin prints, but emphasizing in their place worldliness and a less disguised or mediated sexuality.
Still, I found it rough-hewn, lacking in nuance, plowing right through the music without a natural flow.
A grand dame made her entry, progressing to the front row, clacking her heels all the way.
Mice lacking this protein can indulge in fatty food but remain as slim as mice on a lower-fat diet, a new study reports.
n. - state of being unable to swallow. adj. - having same male forefather; allied; Law, related on father's side; n. such relative. agnation, agnathous adj. - lacking jaws. agnathia, n. agnoiology Xml's Blinklist.com
He was blacking out, with a sensation like a roar of water in his ears and a dark cloud, rolling across his mind. KARA KUSH
I have not yet been given a sensible answer to that question, possibly because my reasoning is too logical and lacking enough restrictive nannying for the anti-everything brigade.
Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly. aaah, but the difference in MY lil label is that a "sensualist" denotes a certain spiritual connectedness that can only be found through physical/material experience ... to quote and old addage ... the path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom you see, how are we to know ourselves if we do not experience all the world around us? how are we to say that something is distasteful if it has never touched our tongues? hmmm? ...JOIN MY NEW DIARYRING NOW DAMMIT!!!...
Sadly, that vim is lacking in their uninspired commentary. Times, Sunday Times
Some one wrote in all capital letters that unqualified disabled workers were slacking off and getting special privileges.
This then seems like a more natural solution overall than the traditional account which would have us believe in palatalized velars which extend far into pre-IE despite being unstable and despite lacking any indication of a recent source of their supposed palatalization. Markedness and the uvular proposal in PIE
A dweeb is a person who is seen as being foolish and socially lacking. Note that people who are called dweebs are often very good at their studies in school.
The Conservatives seem strangely lacking in self-knowledge. Times, Sunday Times
It therefore has a certain candour which was a little lacking from Formosa after August 23. Chinese Nationalism Old and New
While (to my knowledge) no-one doubts the idea that domestic dogs and wolves are close relatives, firm evidence showing that domestic dogs are nested within the species Canis lupus is lacking. Archive 2006-10-01
What is lacking in local government is a truly independent tribunal.
If ever there was a young lady totally lacking in va-va-voom, it was May. PROSPECT HILL
Any slacking would not go unpunished or unmissed.
Girls, allegedly timorous and lacking in confidence, now outnumber boys in student government, in honor societies, on school newspapers, and in debating clubs.
Classes or discussion groups on women's writing command an enthusiastic response that is often lacking in mainstream teaching.
Lacking any grand political vision that might engage us, the European authorities resort instead to issuing high-handed advice on our habits and lifestyles.
She washed me, dressed me and got me to the stage on time, albeit lacking mascara or brushed hair. Times, Sunday Times
Located in prominent positions, and as official monuments lacking avant-garde credibility, they have little artistic currency.
Then, as suddenly as it had appeared, a. zingiber was discarded and dismissed as “showing robust breeder potential but lacking any further utility.” Blood Test
High quality technical school alternatives are also provided, a feature mostly lacking in Great Britain.
What is lacking is the match to set the bonfire alight. Times, Sunday Times
Unfortunately, he ends up more involved than the viewer, because the leading characters are self-obsessed, self-pitying and lacking in redemptive sympathy.
It also stood for collective devitalization and depression in a society preceived by its members as lacking spiritual roots. Archive 2008-04-01
Are you a big fan of the cult sci-fi film, Time Bandits, but find memorabilia from the film sorely lacking? Time Bandits’ Map Replica - The Retroist
So the slow-growing muscle has a chance to develop the subtle grains of fat - the ‘marbling’ so prized in the best beef - that most of its cervine relatives are lacking.
After slacking it off for a bit Sierra decided to start on it.
Yet this handful of churchmen is habituated to a life of devotion, worship, and communal living that gives them a depth of character that is lacking in their secular counterparts, most of whom live in a solitary sufficiency.
Socially inept recluses isolated in dimly lit rooms devoid of furniture and warmth, lacking friends and family, hating their jobs and life in general are the usual way in which single people are portrayed.
Pluralism or membership of associations, he suggests, provides the individual with the participation lacking in a liberal democracy.
In this important new book, he suggests that what is lacking is a coherent theory of markets as social institutions.
A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.
What we have is technically described as an anacoluthon, defined eg by the OED as 'a construction lacking grammatical sequence'. On anacolutha
Lacking the clout to lower quotas, afraid of appearing anti-industry, and—most remarkably and damningly—so attached to whaling as a source of research data that they could not bear to see it disappear, the scientists of the International Whaling Commission were "sucked into the belly of the beast," Mr. Burnett concludes. The Cetacean Century
Regardless of the amount involved, gastric emptying is not indicated for accidental ingestion of a hydrocarbon lacking systemic toxicity. Hydrocarbon Ingestion
There was also a sanitary argument which seemed to have scientific backing, even if evidence was lacking.
While Galambos' black and white pen drawings at times seem a little scratchy and lacking in polish, he has a nice sense of design.
But it seems rather churlish to criticise a president for lacking vision and then to ridicule him when he tries to be visionary.
In other areas, however, such public contrition has been sadly lacking.
Male sperm cells contain virtually no cytoplasm, and are thus lacking in mitochondria.
Overall, the spring 2001 collections were lacking fresh ideas and, in some cases, coherency, but there were enough visionary pieces to keep the shows lively.
Concrete operational children, lacking fully developed deductive reasoning about hypothetical situations, can not solve problems in this form.
Cite Soleil, the capital's front door, is a 27 sq mile slum where an estimated one million people live in shanties lacking plumbing, electricity or permanent roofs.
Simone: Dania "doesn't love" it; Nigel calls it "ungainly" and lacking sensuality; Tyra thinks she could be stronger All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
When the house lights dulled and the concert was approximately to begin, the mother returned to her seat and unconcealed namely the child was lacking.
Inspector Roberts' document was a Branch Note, a Briefing Note, aspirational, hortatory in character, and entirely lacking in the authoritative provenance that would justify its description as a Policy Document.
I didn't have an answer because I didn't know myself and thankfully her concentration span was lacking at that point.
This reward-lacking orchid is pollinated either by workers or drones of Apis cerana japonica which fix pollinaria on the scutellum.
From a production standpoint, the album is crisp enough to sustain the songs, yet lacking just enough fidelity to complement his ragged delivery.
Clinics, built by foreign donors, have stood empty for years, lacking staff and equipment.
Lacking the capacity to devalue the currency, France can regain competitiveness only by cutting costs. Times, Sunday Times
Ministers frequently find themselves lacking either the time or the qualifications for a given situation. Christianity Today
Many Army barracks are overcrowded and lacking in modern amenities, such as air conditioning.
Indeed the wide diffusion of letters in the States, that favourite theme for boasting and bragging over the unenlightened and analphabetic Old World, has tended only to exaggerate the defective and disagreeable side of a national character lacking geniality and bristling with prickly individuality. Arabian nights. English
Furthermore, isolated mutant axonemes lacking the central pair or radial spokes can vigorously beat in certain nonphysiological solutions.
An assessment of genetic and epigenetic diversity that exists in unisexual populations in spite of "clonal" reproduction is largely lacking.
The problem is the story, which seems relentlessly gloomy and downbeat, lacking moments of breakdown and reconciliation that were so crucial to previous successes.
Warm reds and terracotta, sunshine yellows and striking blues give the property an air of confidence, style and warmth, often lacking in period houses.
As a futuristic, gothic thriller, however, the film is somewhat lacking.
It was grossly overcrowded and lacking in elementary safety measures and basic facilities.
The union decided to vent its frustrations on the radio station's abolishing such institutions as the orchestra during a cost cutting exercise by blacking its music programmes for ten weeks in 1980.
Had _Tom_ even invented a new kind of blacking, or if _Dan_ had started a newspaper, it might have been encouraging for those among the listeners who were thinking of engaging in similar professions. The Art of the Story-Teller
Yet the cultivation of such wisdom seems curiously lacking in many of our degree programmes - partly because there is so little space on the curriculum to consider simple unspecialised questions.
As soon as a leaf dries, it begins to dull, lacking the luminescence that one full of juices has.
For all over-rhythmical writing is at once felt to be affected and finical and wholly lacking in passion owing to the monotony of its superficial polish. Archive 2010-03-01
He was ill educated, unintelligent, lacking in common sense, careless of his duties, immoral, and lazy.
No one today doubts the theory of gravity, but in fact our scientific understanding of gravity is quite lacking.
Further, the circuitry behind that speaker was equally lacking, as, in most cases, the system could not produce anything beyond the extent of beeps and blips.
Just short of getting bitchy, which isn't my intention, the site is sorely lacking. Red Cardinal
Given this 30-point shellacking and their 0-2 deficit, the Hornets may have dug a hole too deep to climb out of…
- (of classical temple) having columns at front or back only; (of church) lacking aisles: apterous. apterygial adj. - wingless; finless. apyretic adj. - without fever. apyrexy, n. apyrous adj. - non-inflammable. Xml's Blinklist.com
Went to a school-arranged social function this morning (trying to foster community spirit, lacking due to drive-by pickup). AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
What is lacking is afflatus, the breath of life that sends a thrill down the spine and gets engraved in the memory.
To play well when the decisive league game is over, critics argue, is symptomatic of a personality lacking the qualities of true winner.
I is an ignorant crack-a-lacking moron.
The scenery is flat and open, lacking in trees and hills but with sweeping vistas across stunning landscapes.
And fans were hoping for a another blanket of the grey stuff after a first half lacking in quality. The Sun
The ending is also a big disappointment, completely lacking in creativity and daring.
The sharp allotment of this or that feature to nature or to nurture alone is therefore always wholly wrong: and the nice estimation of the relative importance of the natural as compared with the nurtural factors must necessarily be difficult, especially for the case of mankind, where critical observation, on a large scale, and with due control, of the effects of environment upon natural potentialities is still lacking. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles
Enthusiasm has been sadly lacking these past months at work.
He found it too macho and lacking in collegiality. Times, Sunday Times
Charles H. Baker Jr., in his indispensable treatise on dispensables, "The Gentleman's Companion," describes the effects of regular absinthe-bibbing: "It does nibble the keen edge off the brain until a man becomes a sorry sort of thing; aimless, listless, and generally -- shockingly -- lacking. Sampling Absinthe's Dubious Charms
Rudeness is defined as: lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse; of untaught manners; uncivil; ignorant; lacking chasteness or elegance. Ed and Deb Shapiro: How Does A Waitress Deal With Rude People?
Unfortunately it has the least lumen output of all projectors tested and we found the manual zoom somewhat lacking.
Setup is joyously simple, and DVD performance is good, if not spectacular, but the sound is anaemic, lacking sufficient detail for music and serious clout for movies.
A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.
Is the New York Times breaking the news - or flacking for the military?
The invention of Orson Randall is one of the truly inspired portions of the new Immortal Iron Fist series (a book not lacking in inspiration and innovation.) Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall And The Green Mist Of Death | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
The veracity issue HAS been settled – the right wing bloggers who thought he was a hoax turned out to be lacking in veracity and have no credibility on the issue and instead just went in search of other reasons they made up. Matthew Yglesias » A Question of Motives
When a nailset is lacking, the head of a brad, held nearly flat, may be used. Handwork in Wood
With cultch either lacking or covered in slime from the freshwater inundations, a terrible downward spiral could be at hand. Times, Sunday Times
All the qualities that were so sadly lacking seven days earlier were there in abundance against the Sky Blues.
The Balto outfit looked rudderless, lacking direction, which to a certain degree they were.
The disease is common in developing countries lacking adequate sewage and sanitation facilities.
Since then there have been also discovered umber, which is an earth-colour, giallo santo, [23] the smalts both for fresco and for oils, and some vitreous greens and yellows, wherein the painters of that age were lacking. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 01 (of 10), Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi

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