What is the meaning of lack?

noun

  • The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
    • usage: "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"

verb

  • Be without.
    • usage: "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box"
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