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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.

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Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Her lack of court time, plus the 30C heat in Paris, meant it made sense for Raducanu to try to end the points quickly.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Officials are worried about the lack of clarity around the second stage of the negotiations, when the U.S. and Iran would talk about nuclear issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

That suggests particles like this are exceptionally rare, meaning any proposed explanation must also account for the lack of comparable detections.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

If my lack of familiarity with computers is strange to him, he doesn’t show it.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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