lack

Noun
  1. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (synset 114472871)
    "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"
    is a type of: demand, need - a condition requiring relief
    subtypes:
    • absence - the state of being absent
    • 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 of credit
    same as: deficiency, want
Verb
  1. Be without (synset 202638434)
    "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
    subtypes:
    • want - be without, lack; be deficient in
    • exclude - lack or fail to include
    same as: miss

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