lack
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: deficiency, want |
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Related Words: absence, dearth, demand, famine, need, shortage, sideropenia, stringency, tightness |
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(verb) be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!" |
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Synonyms: miss |
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Related Words: exclude, lack, want |
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(verb) be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" |
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Synonyms: want |
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Related Words: lack, miss |
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