lacked

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

Example Sentences

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The energetic song with a pronounced Greek accent recounts a son's thirst for glory and fortune so that he can give his mother everything they lacked during his childhood.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Results in Asia-Pacific, Japan, and Europe missed expectations, and analysts said the company lacked sequential acceleration, unlike peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Earlier large-scale studies often lacked detailed measures of physical activity, cardiovascular fitness, and inflammation, making it harder to isolate the role of muscular strength alone.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The Ducks were fast and physical early, playing with an urgency they lacked in their Game 3 loss.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

But he was an abysmal experimentalist; he lacked Mendel’s instinctive touch.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee