Innovation has been sadly lacking.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used without object) : Three votes are lacking to make a majority.    From Dictionary.com. 

Tom gently probed the wound, his expression lacking optimism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rot & Ruin] Reference

So having stress disorder was seen as lacking morals, hence the term lacking moral fibre?.    From Wordnik.com.  [lmf] Reference

Hannah hesitated, her expression lacking the assurance that had seemed so natural to her.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Share in Death] Reference

What seems to be lacking is any viable alternatives.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Arizona Law is Much Worse than the Federal Law It is Supposedly Based On] Reference

The only thing he's lacking is enough opportunities.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Garcia a key player in Europeans' success] Reference

What has been sorely lacking is the pastoral dimension.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jesus Christ] Reference

What has been lacking is a high profile for Corrections.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fun and Games are Over] Reference

To say that attentive service was lacking is being polite.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olympic Pita Wins Me Over With Laffa & French Fries | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference

The only thing really lacking is the support of the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada's Fishery Resources] Reference

What we are lacking is information on other counties/states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Testify to the King County Council on behalf of an elected Auditor (II)] Reference

What's lacking is much of a challenge from the rest of the field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Federer nips Nadal for fifth straight Wimbledon crown] Reference

What the new coach might be lacking is enough time to make it happen this season.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

What has been lacking is that resulting product being a quality product for viewers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wheel of Time to be brought to life…maybe] Reference

Of course that understanding and analysis is completely lacking from the press coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Social networking scare stories] Reference

But one thing that may be lacking is sustained reflection on who we are as a nation, one year later.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCC Statement On Iraq] Reference

What could be lacking, is depth and breadth or genuine variety and thought and examination of our world.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature] Reference

For the dust lying thick on its top was almost entirely lacking from the one which had been nested under it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Filigree Ball] Reference

The only figure lacking is that of the modern scholar trained in the West, holding his Ph.D. diploma in his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pearl Buck - Nobel Lecture] Reference

While the idea of fighting the War on Terror is right and necessary, the name itself has been lacking from the get-go.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

IMHO, what seems to be lacking is widespread education, testing and consistent enforcement of what standards there are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Driving someone else's car] Reference

One thing still lacking is a feed item's comments & likes from various friends which consist more than half of the "fun.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsfeed RSS Makes Facebook Streams More Manageable | Lifehacker Australia] Reference

She's wide open for upper cut and he holds back because this guy has a little thing that's lacking from the right – class.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biden on Palin: 'I take her at her word'] Reference

"All there, the last I saw of it, barrin 'a few inconsequential frills that a good eye could make out lacking from the landscape.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jokers of New Gibbon] Reference

Two weeks later, Joel sent out what appeared to be heartfelt last rites for the company, again lacking any actionable information.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fall of Vidoop | FactoryCity] Reference

A lot of what you have written is fair comment but I disagree about Robert Zubrin lacking good sense when it comes to people/publicity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Nelson Continues To Block NASA Administrator Nominees - NASA Watch] Reference

Long thought to be blood-feeders, megadermatids are odd in lacking upper incisors, and in having strongly reduced, thread-like premaxillae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference

There is one thing we are lacking, that is winter apples.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

I craft Farsi subtitles lacking all truth no personal ties.    From Wordnik.com.  [ImpeachBush] Reference

Accountants and lawyers were not known as lacking in innovation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brian Kahin: At the Heart of the Knowledge Economy: Should Patents Be Limited To Technology?] Reference

So the suite's e-mail export functionality is lacking, which is sad, because it's the best option.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ars Technica]