Lack
[læk]
Definition
(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'.
Typist: Preston--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
(n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
(v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
(v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
(v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
(v. i.) To be in want.
(interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
Edited by Horace
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.
v. n. [1]. Be in want.[2]. Be wanting.
n. Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Failure, scarcity, deficiency, want, need, demand, insufficiency
ANT:Fulness, abundance, sufficiency, satisfaction, supply, competence
SYN:Want, require, need, {be_destitute_of}
ANT:Supply, {have_abundance_of}
Editor: Milton
Definition
v.t. and v.i. to want: to be in want: to be destitute of: to miss.—n. want: destitution.—ns. Lack′-all one who is destitute; Lack′-brain (Shak.) a fool.—adjs. Lack′-lin′en (Shak.) wanting linen; Lack′-lus′tre wanting brightness.—n. a want of brightness.
Editor: Moore
Examples
- No, the lack is something to be made up for by the introduction of still another study, or, if necessary, another kind of school. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I decided that if I found a corresponding crowd there, the only thing to do to correct my lack of judgment in not getting more papers was to raise the price from five cents to ten. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In 1855 the work was discontinued at the height of 152 feet, from lack of funds. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The very barristers' wigs are ill-powdered, and their curls lack crispness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She was as unconcerned at that contingency as a goddess at a lack of linen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- There was no lack of cheerfulness on board the Quaker City. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Truth has no lack; it is untouched by the perturbations of the world of sense. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color, and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely lacking among the males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But just this perception is lacking in many propagandists. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The birds use their vocal cords to beautiful advantage in singing, far surpassing us in many ways, but the power of speech is lacking. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Because, however much he might mentally WILL to be immune and self-complete, the desire for this state was lacking, and he could not create it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He found them all greatly lacking in economy of operation; indeed, the highest results obtainable from the best were 18 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are compelled, so to speak, to have physical gifts because they are lacking in social gifts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such a situation can be saved only by an immediate outrush of feeling; and on Selden's side the determining impulse was still lacking. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But Scipio Africanus lacked that harder alloy which makes men great democratic leaders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I did my best to feed her well and keep her warm, and she only asked food and sunshine, or when that lacked, fire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The church, in comparison with its later state, was more in the hands of local laymen and the local ruler; it lacked its later universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If, in the moments I and my pupil spent with him, I lacked spirits and sank into inevitable dejection, he became even gay. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Lily uttered a faint laugh--for once Mrs. Fisher lacked originality. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They lacked that broader faith and understanding which induces men simply to study the stars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I lacked not words now; fast I narrated; fluent I told my tale; it streamed on my tongue. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Sisal also lacks the flexibility of Manila, being much more stiff and harsh. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Eginhard lacks vividness; he tells many particulars, but not the particulars that make a man live again in the record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The future just as future lacks urgency and body. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- However brave the followers are, unless the leader is equally so, their valor is not of much use, as it lacks discipline and trust in the general. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It is the one quality which Gregory lacks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He lacks at birth and for a long time thereafter power to make his way physically, to make his own living. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The small weight makes up in distance what it lacks in magnitude. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Inputed by Dennis