A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.
To be stupid selfish and have good health are three requirements for happiness though if stupidity is lacking all is lost.
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.
If you want total security go to prison. There you're fed clothed given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.
The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.
Life and death have been lacking in my life.
My dad has sometimes felt that I grew up a little lacking in sufficient eccentricity - in the sense that I'm willing to live as an adult in a house with walls that are parallel to each other that sort of thing.
He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking.