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lack - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lack' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lack [ interj.]
- Exclamation of regret or surprise.
2 . Lack [ n.]
- Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
- Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
3 . Lack [ v. i.]
- To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
- To be in want.
4 . Lack [ v. t.]
- To blame; to find fault with.
- To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

Meaning of 'lack' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lack [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Example in sentence:
  • for want of a nail the shoe was lost;
  • there is a serious lack of insight into the problem;
  • water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
2 . lack [ v]
Meaning (2):
- be without
Example in sentence:
  • There is something missing in my jewelry box!;
  • This soup lacks salt