How do you pronounce lacking?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlækɪŋ/.

lacking

/ˈlækɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of lack

noun

adj

"Cagliostro, however, whatever his moral lackings, did not lack spirit; he was not the man to succumb to this kind of coercion."
"This cheese is lacking in pungency."
"The team was lacking in stamina and lost the match decidedly."
"A few of the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle are lacking."

lackings (plural) more lacking (comparative) most lacking (superlative)

lackingness

catch lacking

lose loss rare

lack absent awanting bereft of deficient of deprived of destitute of devoid of lacking leer poor in robbed of

present

attacking tracking backing packing cracking hacking stacking racking nerve-racking sacking smacking jacking