lacks

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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

That is especially daunting to cash-strapped North Korea, which lacks top-shelf hardware across its military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

It lacks aesthetic appeal, organizational coherence, and the perception of substantive balance.”

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

It lacks the quirky originality that made “Once” an unexpected Broadway juggernaut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The breakthrough established MAL as a human blood group system and gave doctors a new way to identify the exceptionally rare people whose blood lacks the AnWj antigen.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Realizing that his slight had missed its mark, he hurried to say, “I only mean that he lacks the sort of expertise you’re looking for.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor