The phrase "alarmingly lacking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or quality that is surprisingly or worryingly deficient in some aspect.
Example: "The report highlighted that the safety measures in place were alarmingly lacking, raising concerns about employee well-being."
Alternatives: "shockingly insufficient" or "worryingly deficient".
Fox and his team of two teachers from England and a French Benedictine monk called Brother Fulgence (who met Fox while both were studying in Oxford) seem welcome, but for a first-time visitor, the camp is alarmingly lacking in any checks or controls.
However, as I discussed in my "Re-Engineering" op-ed for Art Practical, the cultural infrastructure to support this interdisciplinary work blurring lines between traditional roles is alarmingly lacking.
But as Lomachenko, 31, scours the landscape of the lightweight division, in which he wears two world-title belts, the void of talent necessary to provide him his ultimate bout seems alarmingly lacking beyond Crolla 34-6-3 34-6-3 34-6-3s).
The director of the DJJ, who previously worked at the Department of Child and Family Services, has the understanding of youth needs that the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission found so alarmingly lacking elsewhere in the system.
However, as I discussed in my "Re-Engineering" op-ed for Art Practical, the cultural infrastructure to support this interdisciplinary work blurring lines between traditional roles is alarmingly lacking. .
The chocolate cake, also alarmingly tall, lacked redeeming flavor.
Alarmingly, media reports say that suicide rates have increased sharply in the past decade in the U.S. Worse still, because suicides are often not discussed, public awareness of the frequency of these deaths is lacking.
Alarmingly, the majority of teachers lacked a comprehensive understanding of evolutionary theory and demonstrated grave misconceptions about key evolutionary concepts.
The best may not lack all conviction, but they seem alarmingly willing to settle for half-measures.
Sentences lack subjects, direct speech is often unattributed and, most alarmingly, the characters change names according to their rank or circumstances.
Among the many resources that Singapore lacked was an adequate water supply, which left it alarmingly dependent on a pipeline from peninsular Malaysia, from which it had just divorced.
