lacks

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deficiency, need n.
do not have v.

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

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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

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lacks

Raman, first elected to council in 2020, countered that she is just one out of 15 council members and lacks the power wielded by Bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The agency says it lacks authority to prohibit the practice, but will “deploy enforcement resources” when it spots companies that don’t follow its disclosure standards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The introduction of Baleba takes a different approach in looking to address traits the United squad lacks.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When easyJet lacks staff at an airport, they are called in from another base, which must then fill its own gaps, said Bourdon.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Realizing that his slight had missed its mark, he hurried to say, “I only mean that he lacks the sort of expertise you’re looking for.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor