lack
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (Freq. 42) - there is a serious lack of insight into the problem - water is the critical deficiency in desert regions - for want of a nail the shoe was lost • Syn: deficiency, want • Derivationally related forms: want (for: want), deficient (for: deficiency) • Hypernyms: need, demand • Hyponyms: absence, dearth, famine, shortage, deficit, mineral deficiency, shortness, stringency, tightness
be without (Freq. 31) - This soup lacks salt - There is something missing in my jewelry box! • Syn: miss • Ant: have (for: miss) • Hyponyms: want, exclude • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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