Gone and Lacking

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.

Lacking and gone are semantically related in missing topic. In some cases you can use "Lacking" instead an adjective "Gone", when it comes to topics like lost, away, not present.

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Lacking

Lacking adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.

Gone and lacking are semantically related in state topic. You can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Lacking", if it concerns topics such as lost, missing, away.

Nearby Words: lack, lacked

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Tosh.0 Gone Horribly Right: Daniel noted that his page on The Other Wiki seemed to be lacking, so he encouraged his fans to edit and add whatever they'd like.
  • Psychic Link In the manga, Yasuaki goes beyond this with the ability to "read" Akane's emotions... which turns out to be a consequence of him lacking his own ones — once he starts to develop feelings for Akane, the ability is gone for good.
    Source: Psychic Link
  • With Great Power Comes Great Insanity Funnily enough, that serum is all but directly stated to be the one that gave Captain America his powers, but with Blonsky lacking the additional radiotherapy, his insanity is a classic symptom of the Super Soldier serum gone wrong.
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