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Meaning of 'lack'
Meaning of 'lack' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Lack 
[ interj.]
- Exclamation of regret or surprise. [ interj.]2. Lack [ n.]
- Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [ n.]- 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. [ v. i.]- To be in want.
4. Lack [ v. t.]
- To blame; to find fault with. [ v. t.]- To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
Meaning of 'lack' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. lack [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
- 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]
[ v]Meaning (2):
- be without
- be without
Example in sentence:
- There is something missing in my jewelry box!;
- This soup lacks salt
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