lack

noun

A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.

Archaic form of lakh. [One hundred thousand rupees.]

(obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

verb

(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

(intransitive) To be short (of or for something).

(African-American Vernacular) To be off one's guard.

(intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.

(obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.

Synonyms for lack

deficiencyn paucityn dearthn shortagen scarcityn insufficiencyn inadequacyn inadequatenessn absencen scantinessn shortfalln missv

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