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were deficient in
Main Entry:
lack
[
lak
]
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/
læk
/
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Part of Speech:
verb
Definition:
do not have
Synonyms:
be deficient in, be short of, be without, have need of, hurting for, minus,
miss
,
need
, not got,
out
,
require
, too little too late,
want
Antonyms:
have
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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