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say it: LAK-ing
lacking is an adjective meaning "inadequate in amount or degree". It is pronounced /ˈlækɪŋ/ — LAK-ing. It carries 2 recorded senses.
inadequate in amount or degree
“a deficient education”
“deficient in common sense”
“lacking in stamina”
“tested and found wanting”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lacking come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.