'lacking in skills' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to someone who does not possess a particular skill set. Example sentence: The new employee was lacking in skills and it took a lot of training for him to catch up.
But Roscoe, a power forward who was lacking in skills, was not chosen until the third round by the Celtics and never signed a contract.
Then they find themselves lacking in skills and it becomes difficult for them to do many things socially and financially and to form long lasting relationships outside the family".Emma Bamford.
He had played in goal for England last Wednesday, and been labeled along with the rest of England's finest as lacking in skills compared with the French side that beat them in London.
Increasingly, they comprise the hard-to-employ, lacking in skills and long detached from the world of work.To achieve full employment, Labour now has two groups of people in its sights.
While watching the field-hockey match in Rio between the Indian and U.S. women's teams, on Thursday, I heard the American commentator on NBC say that even though the Indian players were probably not as fit as their opponents, they weren't lacking in skills.
Shraim and Khlaif (2010) note in their research that 75% of students and 72% of teachers were lacking in skills to utilize ICT based learning components due to insufficient skills and experience in computer and internet applications and this may lead to failure in e-learning and blended learning.
When they did arrive, they were ill-equipped: short ladders, a volunteer force lacking in skill or experience.
Nor are self-builds always lacking in skill: architects and engineers visiting favelas in Brazil have been astonished by the economy and ingenuity of the concrete structures.
Some of the Premier league's top players, including including Eden Hazard, Samir Nasri and Rio Ferdinand, have complained that the new Fifa 15 game made them "too short, too slow, with the wrong haircut and lacking in skill".
What England lacks in skills it tries to atone for in spirit.
But whatever they lacked in skills, they tried to compensate for with their determination and sportsmanship, Mr. Bigley said.
