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Discover LudwigThe phrase "lacking or" is not correct as it stands and seems incomplete in written English.
It can be used when discussing the absence of something, but it typically requires additional context or completion.
Example: "The report is lacking or missing key data that is essential for our analysis."
Alternatives: "missing or" or "absent or".
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By extension, such representations frame rural LGBT youth as inherently "lacking" or "incomplete".
Something in me was lacking, or I would have kept it alive.
But as the great architect knew full well, sometimes the will is lacking, or simply evaporates.
We assume feedback is reliable, although in reality it is often lacking or misleading.
Any time information is lacking or uncertain, a shortcut is generally better than nothing.
This excludes such highly populated places as Brazil, Iran, Indonesia, and Nigeria, for which information is lacking or patchy.
(Poor soils will need fertilizer also, depending on what's naturally lacking, or what nutrients have been added in the mulch).
"There's a lot of instinct, using what I'd call your antennae, what you feel is either lacking or suddenly rather exciting.
Although the book is only slightly over 200 pages, it feels as if it's the perfect length with no bits lacking or feeling unnecessary.
OMA's usual themes – complexity, contradiction, an interest in conflict and (sometimes) its resolution, a certain playful waywardness – are lacking, or at least muted.
After he reads the draft, he tells the clerk in private what he feels is lacking or is just plain wrong.
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