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Meaning of lack

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

lack

Pronunciation:/lak//læk/

noun

Definitions

  1. A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

  2. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.

verb

Definitions

  1. To be without, to need, to require.

    Example: My life lacks excitement.

  2. To be short (of or for something).

    Example: He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.

  3. To be in want.

  4. To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.