Lacking

Examples

• Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But just this perception is lacking in many propagandists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Because, however much he might mentally WILL to be immune and self-complete, the desire for this state was lacking, and he could not create it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He found them all greatly lacking in economy of operation; indeed, the highest results obtainable from the best were 18 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They are compelled, so to speak, to have physical gifts because they are lacking in social gifts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Such a situation can be saved only by an immediate outrush of feeling; and on Selden's side the determining impulse was still lacking. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Some stringed instruments give forth tones which are clear and sweet, but withal thin and lacking in richness and fullness. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Lacking qualitative distinctions, nature lacked significant variety. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Lacking a philosophy they are defenceless against their own inner tendency to sink into repetition. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Such knowing is depreciated, if not despised, as purely utilitarian, lacking in cultural significance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• What was there lacking about that program to make it perfectly irresistible? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Upon its arrival from Grand Rapids, in the fall of 1893, lacking a more suitable place, the motor was brought direct to my home and set up in the kitchen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He gave, at any rate, no sign of resenting it and seemed prepared to supply in his own manner all the ease that was lacking in hers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Editor: Sharon