lack

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
  2. Noun.  A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To be without, to need, to require.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To be short (''of'' or ''for'' something).

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