- present tense form of lack (3rd person singular).
lacks
Example Sentences
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He is woefully short of minutes for his club, Bournemouth, and lacks sharpness and ruthlessness as a consequence.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Newer generative AI systems can create footage that lacks many of the obvious artifacts associated with earlier deepfake technology, making them a more difficult target for detectors trained primarily on older forms of manipulation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Minnesota’s defense under coordinator Brian Flores is tough to prepare for in a short week, and Miami lacks the personnel to keep up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The flooding has also renewed calls for diversifying the power mix in Nepal, which lacks coal or gas-fired generation capacity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Especially in premodern times, most of the calories feeding an agricultural population came from a single crop—such as wheat, potatoes or rice—that lacks some of the vitamins, minerals and other nutritional materials humans need.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
