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Discover LudwigThe phrase "found lacking" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something or someone that is perceived to be insufficient or inadequate in some way. Example: "The proposal was found lacking in detail, leading to its rejection by the committee."
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But if I wasn't prepared I was found lacking.
As an armory, the Arsenal was soon found lacking.
They've been at the post before and found lacking.
These numbers explain why potential challengers from Woods's generation have been tested and found lacking.
They could be relied upon to give new life to scripts which a star found lacking.
If one group is found lacking, the school is placed on the list.
Black America, he wrote, possessed "soul", a quality he found lacking elsewhere.
The medieval period is often compared with its successor and found lacking.
It was just the last 2% where I was found lacking".
That's exactly the quality I found lacking in William Lyons's Socrates and His Clouds.
The highest portion of skills employers found lacking in applicants were technical, job-specific skills, which accounted for 63%.
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