Lack

Definition of lack:

part of speech: noun

To want: to be in want: to be destitute of.

part of speech: verb

To need; want; be destitute of.

part of speech: noun

Want: destitution.

part of speech: noun

Want; deficiency; as, a lack of self- respect.

part of speech: verb

To be without; as, to lack common sense; to be in want of; to need; as, to lack money.

part of speech: noun

Need; want.

Usage examples for lack:

• There seems a serious lack there. "Quiet Talks on Power", S.D. Gordon.

• Does he lack sense of humour? "Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker", Marguerite Bryant.

• Moreover, he thought of the children; three were dying of lack of food. "The Eternal Maiden", T. Everett Harré.

• Our lack of secret, was it not boldly writ on our faces? "My Tropic Isle", E J Banfield.