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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

Currently, Sinner is only being fully tested by Alcaraz and, while the Spaniard recovers, the rest of the pack lacks the talent, belief or - in Djokovic's case - youth to beat him.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The Optiq lacks a front trunk, or frunk, ahead of the cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Maize lacks digestible niacin, the amino acids lysine and tryptophan, necessary to make proteins and diets with too much maize can lead to protein deficiency and pellagra, a disease caused by lack of niacin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann