lack

Nouns

• (n) 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
  deficiency, want,

Verbs

• (v) be without
  • This soup lacks salt
  • There is something missing in my jewelry box!
  miss,

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Words of close approximity