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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The car missed the first test, started the season more than 20kg overweight and lacks downforce in medium and high-speed corners.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

The Alphabet preferred yields more than 6%, versus 0.2% for the common stock, but the preferred lacks the security of traditional convertibles since it will be converted into Alphabet common in three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

The model is detached from external reality and lacks an inherent understanding of whether the output is correct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

In some jurisdictions, if the person lacks the support of the prosecuting attorney who wrongly convicted him, compensation will be denied.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson