is lacking
- present progressive of lack (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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What is lacking in her treatment of such figures is the empathy and thoughtfulness displayed elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“The evidence is telling us this program is lacking its reason to exist,” said Kirk McClure, an emeritus professor of urban planning at the University of Kansas and a leading critic of the tax credit.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The threat of taking human jobs is real, but the U.S. is lacking skilled manufacturing workers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
“The area is lacking in professional platforms for serious artists,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
They would just think that this was an empty thing, that that’s what’s supposed to be, that there’s something perfectly normal about a thing that exists entirely because it is lacking something.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
