He must be sadly lacking in intelligence.
In those days these conditions were still lacking.
The use of logic and logical inferences is sorely lacking in most architectural practice.
minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms esp. near water.
It asks such questions as whether the child "stands out as different" in a number of ways, including lacking empathy, lacking best friends and being bullied by other children.
Many ordinary Americans — and one billionaire — persistently questioned whether Obama was born in the U.S. despite lacking any evidence that he wasn't.
It's the notion of knowing exactly what needs to be done, but lacking the nerve to do it; the apprehension to your aspirations.
A country lacking short-term liquidity would be loth to approach the IMF for a loan under the “stand-by arrangement” (SBA), the mainstay of the IMF’s crisis lending.
The world view that underlies the distortion of law, Bastiat writes, holds man as a passive entity, lacking a motor of his own and awaiting the hand and plan of the wise legislator.
It is wildly unbalanced and lacking in innovation.
Considered by many to be just a "toy" programming language, IDEs and debuggers were sorely lacking.
The application could still use some refinement, and it is still lacking a number of basic features.
Project I will also develop vehicles with gasoline engines, a necessity in emerging markets lacking reliable power grids.
This is not a matter of theme: I can well imagine a film about nothing more than love and jealousy, yet where this freedom would not be lacking.
It is pointed out that all direct proof of such a stage is lacking, and particular appeal is made to the evidence from the rest of the animal world;
Is your life lacking purpose, authenticity and balance?
The humid conditions thatspread rust most readily have recently been lacking in most places.
With each birth cohort smaller than the last, they will also acquire an ageing stock of human capital - possibly lacking the creative and entrepreneurial drive associated with youth.
This week EU finance ministers talked of the possibility of bilateral loans to rescue Greece, as a reward for the government's new fiscal austerity-though details were conspicuously lacking.
Help was lacking at sea during the storm.
When a dish seems to be lacking something and you've already seasoned it with salt, sometimes what's missing is acid.
Everything is lacking without you.
Many Americans, lacking true upward mobility, bought its trappings, such as a bigger house or better car.
He was lacking in mathematical training.
It was clear that the students of Beida(北大)were not lacking in self-confidence and did not feel at all defensive about China's intellectual and moral position in the world.
They beat themselves up for lacking the willpower and start back at step one.
A politician has to address the public yet avoid offending people, so it helps to keep public statements vague and free of detail - lacking in "substance".
