Hyphenation of lacking

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lacking? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lack-ing

Definitions of lacking:

1.	Inadequate in amount or degree A deficient education Deficient in common sense Lacking in stamina Tested and found wanting
2.	Nonexistent The thumb is absent Her appetite was lacking

Synonyms of lacking:

adj	missing, nonexistent, wanting, absent
adj	deficient, wanting, inadequate

Last hyphenations of this language

prophage Christian trautvetteria butcherdom accommodation knapbottle slyest unexplainableness daunton chapah hydrodynamicist cleruch WHITENING Oatis macrotherioid vagabondism SOUNDTRACK coenla Anglo-japanese

Hyphenator

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