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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Stora Karlsö covers just 2.5 square kilometers and lacks native terrestrial mammals.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

Fery is shorter than many of his peers on the ATP Tour but what he lacks in stature is more than made up by heart and talent.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

He worries that the majority’s reasoning lacks administrable limits.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

Although the Netherlands lacks a U.S.-level economy and “cannot make billions of dollars,” he called his home country an innovative machine that works effectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

With long winters and high mountains, the country lacks arable land, denies incentives to farmers, and cannot afford fuel or modern farm equipment.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden