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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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What it lacks is twofold: the abundance of charm that propelled the original over and beyond any narrative implausibility and made it sing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Hubble's images revealed towering filament-like structures extending from only one side of the disk, while the opposite side appears sharply defined and lacks similar features.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

He will be 39 by then, but will hope his first-week draw is relatively benign so he can regain at least some of the sharpness he currently lacks.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

L.A. has those big, well-known parks, but it lacks that “fine-grained network of neighborhood squares” familiar in cities like New York and London, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

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

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins