Lacking Synonyms and Antonyms

Lacking an essential element
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. defective
  2. deficient
  3. incomplete
  4. wanting
Deficient in a usual or needed amount
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. wanting
  2. absent
  3. missing
  4. deficient
  5. needed
  6. deprived of
Antonyms:
  1. full of
  2. having
  3. sufficient
  4. enough
  5. abundant
  6. plentiful
  7. profuse
Be without
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wanting
  2. requiring
  3. needing
  4. missing
  5. faulting
Antonyms:
  1. owning

Words Related to Lacking

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. better
  2. full
  3. excess
  4. bereft of

Lacking Sentence Examples

  • My point is, lacking knowledge is sometimes safer than possessing it.

  • Am I completely lacking in self discipline?

  • If anything is lacking, I will pay it to you.

  • Her rule in Parma, conjointly with Neipperg, was characterized by a clemency and moderation which were lacking in the other Italian states in that time of reaction.

  • Exact information in regard to the period of gestation of the female is still lacking, the length of the period being given from eighteen to twenty-two months by different authorities.

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