lacks

NOUN

deficiency, need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absence dearth inadequacy loss paucity poverty reduction scarcity shortage shortcoming shortfall

STRONG

abridgement curtailment decrease default defect deficit depletion deprivation destitution distress exigency exiguity inferiority insufficiency meagerness miss necessity privation retrenchment scantiness shortness shrinkage shrinking slightness stint want

WEAK

insufficience

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance affluence enough excess plenty success sufficiency

STRONG

addition advantage enlargement expansion increase perfection

WEAK

extra lot plethora profusion surplus

VERB

do not have

Synonyms

STRONGEST

need require want

STRONG

minus miss out

WEAK

be deficient in be short of be without have need of hurting for not got too little too late

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike have

Example Sentences

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Digital surveillance lacks that drama because it happens silently, bureaucratically, and invisibly.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Conversely, it “punishes nuance, and often lacks real accountability.”

From Salon • May 19, 2026

It is clear he is playing in an era which lacks the same depth.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Even when it doesn’t, it lacks deeper understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“Principal Peattie does not give a student who lacks the discipline to go to assigned classes the privilege of attending advanced classes.”

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt