lacks

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

Example Sentences

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He worries that the majority’s reasoning lacks administrable limits.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

Although the Netherlands lacks a U.S.-level economy and “cannot make billions of dollars,” he called his home country an innovative machine that works effectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

The company failed to warn users about potential dangers, verify the ages of minors and lacks adequate parental controls, the lawsuit alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

Despite Mary’s misfit qualities, she exhibits a kindness that even the sweetest of her sisters, Jane, lacks.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

It lacks the severe ecological barriers transecting the major axes of the Americas and Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond