Sentence examples for language lacking from inspiring English sources
You speak a secret, unknown language, lacking any correspondence to the environment.
That position has been fiercely debated in recent years, following claims by linguist Daniel Everett of Illinois State University, who contends the Piraha people of Brazil have a uniquely impoverished language, lacking numbers and other standard attributes.
His language lacked polish and restraint.
Sambalpuri, his first language, lacks a written script.
And Ms. Parks's blunt fairy-tale language lacks her usual hypnotic force and musicality.
As a consequence, the Kyrgyz language lacked a thoroughly modern technical vocabulary.
The report's language lacked eloquence, but its vision was expansive.
Still, Braunfels's appealing, earnest musical language lacks that extra originality and invention.
His language lacks, shall we say, a certain refinement, especially when his temper is on the rise.
He was referring to the Tououpinambos, a tribe from the Brazilian jungle, whose language lacked names for numbers above five.
His language lacked the dashing political romanticism of a Thomas Jefferson, but he did mean what he said.
