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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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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

BuzzFeed also issued a going concern warning in March, saying it lacked the resources to fund its cash obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 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

In an article for the Sunday Times, he suggested the election strategy lacked ambition and was "never going to galvanise Scottish voters".

From BBC • May 10, 2026

But de Vries still lacked Mendel’s crucial insight—that bolt of mathematical reasoning that had so clearly illuminated Mendel’s pea-hybrid experiments in 1865.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee