| Lacking depth and scope, briefly | 32 |
| Lacking depth and width | 23 |
| Lacking depth perception, perhaps | 33 |
| Lacking depth, briefly | 22 |
| Lacking depth, for short | 24 |
| Lacking depth, in brief | 23 |
| Lacking detail | 14 |
| Lacking details | 15 |
| Lacking determination | 21 |
| Lacking direction | 17 |
| Lacking distinct form | 21 |
| Lacking education | 17 |
| Lacking effect | 14 |
| Lacking effervescence | 21 |
| Lacking embellishment | 21 |
| Lacking emotion | 15 |
| Lacking energy | 14 |
| Lacking enough money | 20 |
| Lacking enthusiasm | 18 |
| Lacking enthusiasm, maybe | 25 |
| Lacking ethical judgment | 24 |
| Lacking ethical standards | 25 |
| Lacking ethics | 14 |
| Lacking etiquette | 17 |
| Lacking excitement | 18 |
| Lacking experience | 18 |
| Lacking experience (in) | 23 |
| Lacking expertise | 17 |
| Lacking expression | 18 |
| Lacking extra room | 18 |
| Lacking face value | 18 |
| Lacking face value, as stock | 28 |
| Lacking factual validity | 25 |
| Lacking factual validity | 24 |
| Lacking fairness | 16 |
| Lacking faith in God | 20 |
| Lacking family | 14 |
| Lacking feeling | 15 |
| Lacking feet | 12 |
| Lacking finish | 14 |
| Lacking firmness | 16 |
| Lacking fizz | 12 |
| Lacking flavor | 14 |
| Lacking force | 13 |
| Lacking force or color | 22 |
| Lacking form | 12 |
| Lacking foundation | 18 |
| Lacking free oxygen | 19 |
| Lacking freedom of movement, as barnacles | 41 |
| Lacking fresh air | 17 |
| Lacking freshness | 17 |
| Lacking froufrou | 16 |
| Lacking fullness, as a voice | 28 |
| Lacking fullness, as the voice | 30 |
| Lacking funds | 13 |
| Lacking gender | 14 |
| Lacking glitches | 16 |
| Lacking good sense | 18 |
| Lacking good taste | 18 |
| Lacking grace | 13 |
| Lacking gravity | 15 |
| Lacking gray, you might say | 27 |
| Lacking guidance | 16 |
| Lacking guile | 13 |
| Lacking gumption | 16 |
| Lacking height and depth | 24 |
| Lacking height or depth, for short | 34 |
| Lacking help | 12 |
| Lacking historical validity | 27 |
| Lacking human warmth | 20 |
| Lacking hydration | 17 |
| Lacking imagination | 19 |
| Lacking imaginativeness | 23 |
| Lacking importance | 18 |
| Lacking in | 10 |
| Lacking in affection | 20 |
| Lacking in basic needs | 22 |
| Lacking in brightness | 21 |
| Lacking in color | 16 |
| Lacking in courage | 18 |
| Lacking in courtesy | 19 |
| Lacking in detail | 17 |
| Lacking in deviation | 20 |
| Lacking in drawing power? | 25 |
| Lacking in emotion | 18 |
| Lacking in excitement | 21 |
| Lacking in expression | 21 |
| Lacking in freedom | 18 |
| Lacking in grace | 16 |
| Lacking in harmony | 18 |
| Lacking in insight | 18 |
| Lacking in knowledge | 20 |
| Lacking in life | 15 |
| Lacking in liveliness | 21 |
| Lacking in luxury, as a room | 28 |
| Lacking in moisture | 19 |
| Lacking in physical strength | 28 |
| Lacking in power | 16 |
| Lacking in qualities that strike the imagination | 48 |
| Lacking in refinement | 21 |