Lacking
Lacking adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Saving and lacking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saving" instead the word "Lacking" as an adjective or a preposition.
Saving
Saving adjective - Characterized by thriftiness.
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Lacking and saving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lacking" instead the word "Saving" as an adjective or a preposition.
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- Seen at the end of Saving Private Ryan, when lacking anything better to do facing a German tank, George Clooney's character draws a pistol and starts shooting at it.
Source: Underequipped Charge -
The hagiographic view is that he was truly saving Jews and did what was right in his position, the more critical view was that he was short-sighted and lacking in true political vision and was more concerned about the survival of the Church as an institution during the war.
Source: Useful Notes / Pope Pius XII
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