Lacking
Lacking adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.
Surplus
Both words in one sentence
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Lacking any other Jews to say the mourner's prayer for him, the Galactic Federation sends him a surplus mining robot, filled with data about Judaism, to keep him company on his deathbed.
Source: Religious Robot
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