1. : to be deficient or missing. time is lacking for a full explanation. 2. : to be short or have need of something.
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to not have or not have enough of something that is needed or wanted: He just lacks a little confidence.
noun. 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.
to be absent or missing, as something needed or desirable: Three votes are lacking to make a majority.
Synonyms for LACK: absence, shortage, dearth, paucity, deficiency, scarcity, inadequacy, insufficiency; Antonyms of LACK: presence, abundance, plenty, ...
If you lack something, you need or want something that's missing. When there's a lack of food, people starve.
The verb 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.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lak (“lack”), Middle Low German lack, lak (“lack”), Dutch lak (“lack, deficiency, calumny”), Icelandic lakur (“lacking”). Related ...