The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FAILS , but the solution may also be HASNT which is one of the most recent solution (2004 in 3Across).
Is lacking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAILS | 25 % | 5 |
| HASNT | 25 % | 5 |
| FALLSHORT | 25 % | 9 |
| NEEDS | 25 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Is lacking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lacks
- is without
- absent
- default
- deficient
- devoid
- fail
- inadequate
- lack
- lacked
- minus
- miss
Crossword Answer definitions
FAILS noun- Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
- A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
- A failure (something incapable of success)
- A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
- A failing grade in an academic examination.
- To be unsuccessful.
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To neglect.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To miss attaining; to lose.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
- To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
- To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
- To perish; to die; used of a person.
- To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- A piece of turf cut from grassland.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FAILS
- Falls on one's face
- Falls short
- Goes belly-up
- Does not pass
- Comes up short
- Doesn't get the credit?
- Doesn't pass
- Bombs miserably
- Misses the mark
- Doesn't cut it
More clues leading to the result HASNT
- Does not possess
- Lacks
- Owns a more robust Windows operating system
- Negative contraction
- Is lacking
- Ain't got
- ___ a clue (doesn't know)
- ___ a clue (is at sea)
- Could use, probably
- "___ he grown!"
More clues leading to the result FALLSHORT
- Prove insufficient
- Not reach, as expectations
- Fail to cut the mustard
- Fail to meet expectations.
- Is lacking.
- Be found wanting
- Not reach one's expectations
- Not quite succeed