lack, deficiency, want -- (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")
Overview of verb lack
The verb lack has 1 sense
miss, lack -- (be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!")
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