The phrase "are already lacking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is deficient or insufficient at the present time.
Example: "The resources we have for this project are already lacking, and we need to find additional support."
Alternatives: "are currently insufficient" or "are already deficient".
The villages where most have found shelter are already lacking in food, clean water and medical care.
According to analysis by HSBC and the World Resources Institute, a staggering 79% of new energy capacity will be built in areas that are already lacking water.
"If you take a poor school district where students are already lacking challenging curricula that they need to raise their graduation rates, instead of moving forward, you're going to move backward," Mr. Easton said.
It may not literally "kill" the IPO, but it could certainly dampen enthusiasm for the public markets, which are already lacking excitement for many CEOs in the first place.
So, how to transform these kids, many of whom are already lacking confidence, into relaxed, confident joke-tellers?
"While there are some provisions in the bill that intend to make it easier for indigent people to obtain photo ID, those provisions are only helpful if those individuals – who are already lacking in resources – know exactly what to do and what hoops to jump through in advance," Merissa Kovach, a field organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, wrote in a blog post.
Yemen's sewage system, which was already lacking before the conflict, is now almost non-existent.
Others said that the county is already lacking in social service programs and should not cut further.
But analysts, former Defense Department officials and executives from the two companies said competition was already lacking in the construction of submarines and aircraft carriers.
The NBL was already lacking teams in Sydney or Brisbane and might have been forced to negotiate rather than lose both Melbourne sides but when the Tigers backflipped, South were left out in the cold.
Jered Weaver is out for at least a month after breaking a bone in his left elbow, a significant blow to a team that was already lacking in starting pitching.
