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lack
Noun
  • ∙ A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. obsolete
  • ∙ A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
Verb
  • ∙ To be without, to need, to require. transitive
  • ∙ To be short (of or for something). intransitive
  • ∙ To be in want. intransitive
  • ∙ To see the ‘lack’ in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach. obsolete