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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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The result is a metaphysical model that, at best, lacks clarity, and at worst obscures the very nature of reality.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Not that it lacks a plan: Retrospectively, you can trace back the breadcrumbs that led toward a conclusion, of sorts — but I can say no more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

However, it lacks the downside protection that often is embedded in convertible securities since the Alphabet convertible preferred will automatically convert into common stock in three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

In an exchange with McFadden in May 2025, Mandelson wrote that "Keir lacks verve as does the Cabinet as a whole."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Effie, shining in a wig of metallic gold, lacks her usual verve.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins