Associations to the word «Lack»
Noun
- Disregard
- Due
- Praising
- Wit
- Stature
- Fragmentary
- Connotation
- Preoccupation
- Suspense
- Vitamin
- Delicacy
- Dysfunction
- Fragmentation
- Compassion
- Complaint
- Factor
- Insomnia
- Breadth
- Uncertainty
- Stupidity
- Bias
- Magnetism
- Difficulty
- Sparkle
- Esteem
- Diversity
- Snout
- Jurisdiction
- Skull
- Fin
- Exhaustion
- Barrier
- Articulation
- Drought
- Retardation
- Spine
- Dignity
- Problem
- Spare
- Constraint
- Caregiver
- Privacy
- Financing
- Zeal
- Arrogance
- Prowess
- Differentiation
- Sensibility
- Perfection
- Predecessor
- Sweetness
- Skepticism
- Autism
- Starvation
- Indifference
- Connectivity
- Fatigue
Adjective
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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.