exceptional vs lacking

exceptional

adj
  • Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity. 

  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

lacking

adj
  • Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc). 

noun
  • The absence of something; a lack. 

How often have the words exceptional and lacking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )