English > lack: 2 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. |
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| Example | "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem" |
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| Synonyms | deficiency, want |
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| Narrower | absence | The state of being absent |
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| dearth, famine, shortage | An acute insufficiency |
| deficit | A deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning |
| mineral deficiency | lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism |
| shortness | The condition of being short of something |
| stringency, tightness | A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage / shortage of credit |
| Broader | need, demand | A condition requiring relief |
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| Catalan | manca, mancança, pobresa |
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| Spanish | carencia, deficiencia, escasez |
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| Verbs | lack | be without |
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