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- Dictionarylack/lak/
noun
- 1. the state of being without or not having enough of something: "there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship"
verb
- 1. be without or deficient in: "the novel lacks imagination"
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LACK definition: 1. the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it: 2. to not have or…. Learn more.
The meaning of LACK is to be deficient or missing. How to use lack in a sentence.
lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. want may imply some urgency in fulfilling a requirement or a desire: Willing workers are badly wanted.
an absence or inadequate amount of something needed, desirable, or customary: We had to severely limit our holiday gift shopping due to lack of funds. Lack of skill is the main reason he didn’t get the job. Synonyms: need, want, insufficiency, deficit, paucity, scarcity, dearth. Antonyms: surplus.
1. deficiency or absence of something needed or desirable: lack of money; lack of skill. 2. something missing or wanted: After he left, they really felt the lack. v.t.
If you lack something, you need or want something that's missing. When there's a lack of food, people starve. There are a lot of things lacking in the world. If you have no video games, then you're lacking them. People who are thirsty and starving lack food and water.
lack meaning, definition, what is lack: when there is not enough of something, o...: Learn more.
the state of not having something or not having enough of something synonym dearth, shortage. lack of something a lack of understanding/knowledge. Passengers complained about the lack of information when flights were cancelled. Her enthusiasm compensated for her apparent lack of experience.
Definition of lack verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
LACK definition: 1. not having something, or not having enough of something: 2. to not have something, or not have…. Learn more.
