lack

Definition of Lack in English :

Noun

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

Example Sentences:
'there is a serious lack of insight into the problem'
'water is the critical deficiency in desert regions'
'for want of a nail the shoe was lost'

Verb

2. lack, miss

be without

Example Sentences:
'This soup lacks salt'
'There is something missing in my jewelry box!'

miss

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lack

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noun

1.

an insufficiency, shortage, or absence of something required or desired

2.

something that is required but is absent or in short supply

verb

3. (when intr, often foll by in or for)

to be deficient (in) or have need (of)

to lack purpose

Lack

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noun

1.

the fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency

2.

the fact or condition of not having any; complete absence

3.

the thing that is lacking or needed

verb intransitive

4.

to be wanting or missing; show a deficiency

5.

a.

to be short

with in, for, or, now rarely, of

b.

to be in need

verb transitive

6.

to be deficient in or entirely without

7.

to fall short by

lacking one ounce of being a pound

8. Obsolete

to need; require

Lack

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n.

1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.

2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.

v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks

v.tr.

To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box.

v.intr.

1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking.

2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends.

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