"gravely lacking" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is severely deficient or inadequate. For example, "Their understanding of the current situation was gravely lacking."
They concluded that India gravely lacks dedicated education and training programmes in PHN.
It looks like turning the Armenians into Moslims, and history some day will revenge it on the coming generation of Turks.' 'You are an idealist,' he answered gravely and like all idealists lack a sense of reality.
Putin also spoke gravely about the lack of political stability in the Middle East and North Africa after the Arab Spring, saying, "Nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life.
And it ignores the abundant evidence that people who lack insurance don't get necessary preventive care or screening tests, and suffer gravely when they finally do seek treatment because their diseases have become critical.
I realize that we might lack a certain perspective and people might find it foolish that we're talking so gravely about our circumstances when we're so young, but I don't feel particularly young.
We are gravely concerned at a lack of action on this issue, and the negative message this sends to women in the football industry.
Video footage taken of Manchester United and Arsenal fans earlier this season shows grossly offensive chanting aimed at the Chelsea club doctor, Eva Carneiro, that left campaigners "gravely concerned" by the lack of response from football authorities when it was reported.
In a joint statement after a summit in Kiribati the Pacific nations – Fiji, Kiribati, Tuvalu and Tokelau – said they were "gravely concerned over the lack of effective international response to climate change" that posed "major existential challenges" to their populations and cultures.
But what may have sealed Mr.Klujian's doom, sources said, was his utter lack of a gravely ill family member to win a medal for.
