lacking

lack  (lk)

n.

1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.

2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.

v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks

v.tr.

To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box.

v.intr.

1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking.

2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends.

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[Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault.]

Synonyms: lack, want, need
These verbs mean to be without something, especially something that is necessary or desirable. Lack emphasizes the absence of something: She lacks the money to buy new shoes. The plant died because it lacked moisture.
Want and need stress the urgent necessity for filling a void or remedying an inadequacy: "Her pens were uniformly bad and wanted fixing" (Bret Harte). The garden needs care.

Usage Note: When lack is used intransitively, the present participle is generally followed by in: You will not be lacking in support from me. Other forms of the intransitive verb are most often followed by for: In the terrible, beautiful age of my prime,/I lacked for sweet linen but never for time (E.B. White).

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	lacking - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" deficient, wanting inadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task"
	2.	lacking - nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" wanting, absent, missing nonexistent - not having existence or being or actuality; "chimeras are nonexistent"

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lacking

adjective deficient, wanting, needing, missing, inadequate, minus (informal), flawed, impaired, sans (archaic) Why was military intelligence so lacking?

Translations

lacking [ˈlakɪŋ] adj

(= missing) to be lacking → manquer
what is lacking is ... → ce qui manque c'est ...

(= deficient) to be lacking in sth [+ confidence, imagination, talent] → manquer de qch
Are you frequently lacking in energy and motivation? → Vous arrive-t-il fréquemment de manquer d'énergie et de motivation?
Are these youngsters so lacking in imagination that all they can think of to do is set cars on fire? → Ces jeunes manquent-ils à ce point d'imagination qu'ils ne trouvent rien d'autre à faire que brûler des voitures?

(= inadequate) → déficient(e)
Why was military intelligence so lacking? → Pourquoi le renseignement militaire a-t-il été si déficient?

lacking

adj

to be found lacking → sich nicht bewähren, der Sache (dat) → nicht gewachsen sein; they were not found lacking → sie waren der Sache (dat) → gewachsen

(inf) → geistig minderbemittelt (inf), → beschränkt