lack

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ profound, serious, severe

▪ conspicuous, distinct, notable, noticeable, obvious, remarkable

▪ There was a distinct lack of urgency in his manner.

▪ apparent, perceived, seeming

▪ complete, sheer, total, utter

▪ a complete lack of confidence

▪ general, overall

▪ a general lack of knowledge among the young

▪ relative

PREPOSITION

▪ by lack of

▪ The situation was worsened by lack of communication.

▪ for lack of

▪ They lost the game, but not for lack of trying.

▪ from lack of

▪ She thought she would collapse from lack of sleep.

▪ through lack of

▪ I've lost those skills through lack of practice.

▪ lack of

▪ I couldn't hide my lack of enthusiasm.

PHRASES

▪ no lack of sth

▪ There is certainly no lack of interest in the subject.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ really

▪ completely, entirely

▪ She completely lacks confidence.

▪ apparently

▪ He apparently lacked the desire to learn.

▪ clearly, obviously

▪ His claim clearly lacked conviction.

▪ simply

▪ Perhaps you simply lack the intelligence to realize just how serious this is?

▪ otherwise

▪ Her high-heeled shoes gave her the height she otherwise lacked.

VERB + LACK

▪ appear to, seem to

▪ His life seemed to lack direction.

PREPOSITION

▪ in

▪ What they lack in talent, they make up for in conviction.

Lack is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ability, ↑acumen, ↑agility, ↑ambition, ↑amenity, ↑authority, ↑backing, ↑capability, ↑capacity, ↑charm, ↑clarity, ↑coherence, ↑commitment, ↑compassion, ↑competence, ↑confidence, ↑consistency, ↑continuity, ↑conviction, ↑coordination, ↑courage, ↑credibility, ↑depth, ↑detail, ↑determination, ↑direction, ↑discipline, ↑drive, ↑education, ↑elegance, ↑emotion, ↑empathy, ↑energy, ↑enthusiasm, ↑essentials, ↑experience, ↑expertise, ↑faith, ↑feature, ↑finance, ↑flair, ↑flexibility, ↑focus, ↑foresight, ↑glamour, ↑imagination, ↑immediacy, ↑immunity, ↑inclination, ↑independence, ↑insight, ↑inspiration, ↑instinct, ↑insurance, ↑integrity, ↑jurisdiction, ↑leadership, ↑maturity, ↑means, ↑merit, ↑motivation, ↑necessity, ↑nerve, ↑organization, ↑originality, ↑passion, ↑patience, ↑personality, ↑power, ↑precision, ↑prestige, ↑purpose, ↑qualification, ↑quality, ↑refinement, ↑relevance, ↑resolution, ↑resource, ↑rhythm, ↑rigour, ↑self-assurance, ↑self-confidence, ↑self-control, ↑semblance, ↑sense, ↑sensitivity, ↑skill, ↑sophistication, ↑soul, ↑spark, ↑sparkle, ↑stability, ↑stamina, ↑stature, ↑strength, ↑structure, ↑substance, ↑subtlety, ↑symmetry, ↑tact, ↑talent, ↑touch, ↑training, ↑trait, ↑understanding, ↑vigour, ↑vision, ↑vitality, ↑warmth, ↑will

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Lack — Lack … Deutsch Wörterbuch
lack — vb Lack, want, need, require are comparable when meaning to be without something, especially something essential or greatly to be desired. Lack may imply either an absence or a shortage in the supply or amount of that something {the house lacks a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lack — I verb be bereft of, be deficient, be deprived of, be desirous, be destitute, be in need, be in want, be inadequate, be inferior, be insufficient, be needy, be poor, be wanting, be without, crave, desiderate, desire, fall short, feel a dearth,… … Law dictionary
lack — ⇒LACK, subst. masc. Vieilli. Unité de compte en Perse et en Inde. Lack de roupies. Cent mille roupies. Le riche nabab qui (...) rêve au monceau d or de ses lacks de roupies (COPPÉE, Poés., t. 2, 1883, p. 244). Prononc. et Orth. : [lak]. Att. ds… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lack — [lak], der; [e]s, e: [farbloses] flüssiges Gemisch, mit dem z. B. Möbel angestrichen werden und das nach dem Trocknen einen glänzenden Überzug bildet: farbloser, roter, schnell trocknender Lack; der Lack springt ab, blättert ab, bekommt Risse. *… … Universal-Lexikon
lack — Ⅰ. lack UK US /læk/ noun [S or U] ► a situation in which there is not enough of something, or something is not available: serious/severe lack of sth »Many of these communities are having to cope with a severe lack of resources. » Lack of time is… … Financial and business terms
lack — verb. The use with for meaning ‘to be short of something’ in negative contexts seems to have originated in the 19c: • If you are inclined to undertake the search, I have so provided that you will not lack for means Rider Haggard, 1887 • Here s… … Modern English usage
Lack — (l[a^]k), n. [OE. lak; cf. D. lak slander, laken to blame, OHG. lahan, AS. le[ a]n.] 1. Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lack — Lack, v. i. 1. To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc. [1913 Webster] What hour now? I think it lacks of twelve. Shak. [1913 Webster] Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. Gen. xvii … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lack — Sm std. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus it. lacca f., das über arab. lakk und pers. lāk auf pāli lākhā f. zurückgeht. Dieses aus ai. lākṣā f. Lack , das wohl zu ai. rájyati färbt sich, rötet sich gehört, also eigentlich (rote) Färbung . Der… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Lack — Lack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacked} (l[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacking}.] 1. To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Love them and lakke them not. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2. To be without or destitute of; to want; to need. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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