Associations to the word «Lack»

Wiktionary

LACK, noun. (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
LACK, noun. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
LACK, verb. (transitive) To be without, to need, to require.
LACK, verb. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
LACK, verb. (intransitive) To be in want.
LACK, verb. (obsolete) To see the ‘lack’ in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.

Dictionary definition

LACK, noun. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "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".
LACK, verb. Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!".

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.