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lack

[lak] / læk /




Usage

What are other ways to say lack? 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. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire. Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail.

Example Sentences

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In Luria’s opinion, AMD is “meaningfully lacking outside their core hardware capabilities.”

From MarketWatch

The researchers then examined what happened when mice lacking ALOX15 were given fish oil.

From Science Daily

“The lack of communication and an organized agenda ... creates confusion and delay at a time when rapid volunteer support could be critical,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Bethany says there are still unanswered questions over the case, such as the identities of those charged, and frustration at the lack of concrete information coming out of Laos.

From BBC

They lack the vision to imagine a path forward and the incentive to change.

From The Wall Street Journal