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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley