Synonyms

deficiency want

Examples

"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem" "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions" "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

Used in print

When there is employment opportunity for youth , this arrangement - or lack of arrangement - works_out quite well .

The reason is that there is a lack of interest on the part of the community .

And when he complained of the lack of time for all he wanted to do , Henrietta advised him to rise at five in the morning as she and Papa did .

Young Mercer showed a remarkable lack of aptitude for both instruments .

In_fact , one of the major reasons for the failure of the ill-starred expedition appears to have been a lack of full information on the extent to which Cuba has been getting this Russian military equipment .

Related terms

need absence dearth stringency sideropenia mineral_deficiency want

Synonyms

miss

Examples

"This soup lacks salt" "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"

Used in print

It got the kind of scrambled , coarsened performance that can happen to best of orchestras when the man with the baton lacks technique and style .

I spade lots of compost into their bed ; lacking that , decayed manure spread_over the bed is fine .

All_of this would be wasted , of_course , if the performance lacked authority and musical distinction .

To both the amateur and the commercial progandist the analyst lacks a soul , lacks appreciation with his endless probings and classifications .

To both the amateur and the commercial progandist the analyst lacks a soul , lacks appreciation with his endless probings and classifications .

Related terms

have want exclude

Synonyms

want

Examples

"want courtesy" "want the strength to go on living" "flood victims wanting food and shelter"

Used in print

But , lacking money from commercial sponsors , the stations have had difficulties meeting expenses or improving their service .

Related terms

miss need needer