English > lack: 2 senses > noun 1, stateMeaning | 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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Spanish | carencia, carestía, deficiencia, deseo, escasez, falta |
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Catalan | carència, carestia, escassedat, escassetat, falta, manca, mancança, pobresa |
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Verbs | lack | be without |
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