And we are lacking the words to describe what this really means.
For years we've seen a rise in hate speech against blacks, Roma, Arabs, Muslims and Jews and often the government's words have been lacking".
In other words, it's lacking in the vanity department.
Britten's acuity of word-setting is lacking, though, and Tchaikowsky's tendency to use the spoken word at points of high tension diminishes rather than heightens their impact.
I couldn't agree more, but before anyone takes umbrage, the first definition in my dictionary for the word ignorant is "lacking knowledge".
In other words, a diet that is lacking in energy because of a deficit in all the major macronutrients—such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
That is a word that seems to be lacking from Kevin Pietersen at the moment.
As elective co-parents do not have a pre-existing relationship and are not a 'couple' in the conventional sense of the word, such qualities may be lacking from their relationship, meaning that children born to co-parents may be at an increased risk for psychological problems.
Though these words are entirely lacking from the Samoyed languages, within the Finno-Ugric division they are shared by the most remotely related members and show the same phonetic relationships as the native Finno-Ugric vocabulary.
Words are somewhat lacking right now, but we are so thrilled!
In my family, we move between English and French when it's convenient, and I really believe it's allowed me to appreciate the nuances between worlds: no language has a full grasp on reality, and part of the fun of being bilingual is having access to an extra set of idioms and words for concepts that might be lacking in another language.
