Definition of lacks Lacks
/læˈks/ - [laks] -
We found 3 definitions of lacks from 2 different sources.
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What does lacks mean?
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- lacks (Noun)
Plural of lack.
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| lack - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "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" | ||
| deficiency, want | ||
| need, demand anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" | ||
| absence failure to be present | ||
| dearth, famine, shortage an insufficient quantity or number | ||
| deficit the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" | ||
| mineral deficiency lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism | ||
| shortness the property of being shorter than average stature | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- lack (n.)
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. - lack (n.)
Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food. - lack (v. t.)
To blame; to find fault with. - lack (v. t.)
To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. - lack (v. i.)
To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. - lack (v. i.)
To be in want. - lack (interj.)
Exclamation of regret or surprise.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To need a number or amount of something, but not having enough or any at all. -
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To need a number or amount of something, but not having any at all. -
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A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary). -
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A shortage or absence of what is needed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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lak, v.t. and v.i. to want: to be in want: to be destitute of: to miss.—n. want: destitution.—ns. Lack′-all, one who is destitute; Lack′-brain (Shak.), a fool.—adjs. Lack′-lin′en (Shak.), wanting linen; Lack′-lus′tre, wanting brightness.—n. a want of brightness. [From an old Low Ger. root found in Dut. lak, blemish; cf. Ice. lakr, defective.]
