lacks

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All (2) Noun (1) Verb (1)

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deficiency, need n.
do not have v.

NOUN

deficiency, need

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absence dearth inadequacy loss paucity poverty reduction scarcity shortage shortcoming shortfall

STRONG

abridgement curtailment decrease default defect deficit depletion deprivation destitution distress exigency exiguity inferiority insufficiency meagerness miss necessity privation retrenchment scantiness shortness shrinkage shrinking slightness stint want

WEAK

insufficience

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance affluence enough excess plenty success sufficiency

STRONG

addition advantage enlargement expansion increase perfection

WEAK

extra lot plethora profusion surplus

VERB

do not have

Synonyms

STRONGEST

need require want

STRONG

minus miss out

WEAK

be deficient in be short of be without have need of hurting for not got too little too late

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike have

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lacks

Tian Lihui, a finance professor at Nankai University, said that traders, when the market lacks a clear investment theme, gravitate toward something simple.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026

The interplay between them lacks the razor sharpness that should animate their scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The experiment does not establish that time is an illusion or prove that our universe lacks fundamental time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Critics say candidate Marissa Roy, 34, lacks the ‘gravitas’ to be L.A. city attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“We know what Fudge is. It’s Arthur’s fondness for Muggles that has held him back at the Ministry all these years. Fudge thinks he lacks proper Wizarding pride.”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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