Besides
Besides adverb - In addition.
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Lacking and besides are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lacking" instead a preposition "Besides".
Lacking
Lacking adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Besides and lacking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Besides" instead a preposition "Lacking".
Both words in one sentence
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Every single one of them has some strange quirk besides Alex's family and are all rather lacking in any sense of morality, only obsessed with their own children.
Source: Big Screwed-Up Family -
Small, lightly-armored, and lacking in a main weapon besides its self-destruct attack.
Source: Video Game / BattleTanx - She grew up in the wilds and, lacking any human contact besides her Humanoid Abomination mother Flemeth, would often shape-shift into various animals to live among them.
Source: Nature Is Not Nice
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