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lack

[lak] / læk /




Usage

What are other ways to say lack? The verb lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum. Need often suggests urgency, stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire. Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail.

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However, no one appears to be expecting major breakthroughs, given the lack of confirmation for formal talks with Iran during the event.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

There’s a lack of programs — we need more therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists and doctors who are versed in helping people who are deaf.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

The worst part is that the lack of health systems means that many who are diagnosed cannot be treated properly.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

"I've never seen such a lack of effort," Neville added.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

Frustrated with the lack of progress, his mother called him home to Marion to see the local doctor.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

He says the group lacks legitimacy without any Latin American or African representation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

NPR described the outcome as a striking rejection of the FDA’s stance, pointing out that every one of these compounds lacks the large, well-controlled clinical trials required to prove safety and effectiveness in humans.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

"We found that the diffraction patterns themselves become chiral because the structure lacks mirror symmetry," explains senior author Masaya Notomi.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

He added that if at any time a leader of an AI company lacks confidence in their product they should choose to not release it.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

“Ah. There is strength in this new voice of yours. But it lacks wisdom.”

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Before the eruption, around 4.4 billion people from the world’s population of 8.3 billion lacked full, safe freshwater access.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

It gave UK fans a flavour of college football, but it lacked the pomp and circumstance of regular games in the US.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2026

Hershey has faced similar litigation over other seasonal Reese’s candies, including ghost-shaped chocolates without depicted facial features and football-shaped candies that lacked the laces shown on their packaging.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Investors scrambled to cash out investments after a fund manager popular among everyday investors said it lacked the money to pay back clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Now she lacked weight, gravity, she was less than the air.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

They said first-year students are at times arriving in classrooms lacking basic math and reasoning skills and they have often resorted to teaching remedial middle-school math concepts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

But a third of the report was given over to the wider role played by the health system in England - and make no mistake, it was found lacking.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The announcement marked a new stage in the major powers' rush for military space capabilities, driven by rapid technological advancements but lacking a comprehensive legal framework.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

And what we are sorely lacking in this world is discussion.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

The Moriori were a small, isolated population of hunter-gatherers, equipped with only the simplest technology and weapons, entirely inexperienced at war, and lacking strong leadership or organization.

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




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