lack

Definition of lack

Nouns

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"

Synonyms:: deficiency, want

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; absence
the state of being absent; nonoccurrence
absence by virtue of not occurring; awayness
the state of being elsewhere than in particular place; dearth, famine, shortage
an acute insufficiency; deficit
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; mineral deficiency
lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism; sideropenia
a deficiency of iron; results from inadequate iron in the diet or from hemorrhage; shortness
the condition of being short of something; stringency, tightness
a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

Type of:: demand, need
a condition requiring relief

Verbs

be without

"This soup lacks salt"

Synonyms:: miss

Antonyms:: have
have as a feature; feature; have got, hold
have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; own, possess
have ownership or possession of; show more antonyms...

Types:: want
be without, lack; be deficient in; exclude
lack or fail to include

Vocabulary Lists for lack

ability
abrasion
absorb
absorbency
absorbent

premeditate
symbolising
abase
discern
endue

suppliant
adjure
woe
slay
suborn

embroider
imbue
ignominy
decapitate
scaffold

dominant allele
diploid
coding DNA
intron
eukaryotic

Macbeth
thane
weird sister
hautboy
Duncan

abbreviate
catharsis
unconstrained
devastate
problematic

acrid
acute
affix
air
ala

Cicadidae
achondrite
alluviation
arability
genus Accipiter

Words that contain lack

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