a lack

Definition of a lack in English English dictionary
lack: A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy
lack: To be without, to need, to require
My life lacks excitement.
lack: A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want
lack: To be short (of or for something)
He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
alack: {i} betokening sorrow or pity
lack: {v} to want, to be in want
lack: {n} want, need lack of rupees is one hundred thousand, the rupee at 55 cents
alack: An expression of sorrow or mourning
alack: {ü} alas, exclamation expressing sorrow or concern
alack: An exclamation expressive of sorrow
lack: To be in want
lack: {i} need, want; shortage; absence
lack: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
lack: To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc
lack: If you say that someone or something lacks a particular quality or that a particular quality is lacking in them, you mean that they do not have any or enough of it. He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman Certain vital information is lacking in the report. see also lacking
lack: emphasis If you say there is no lack of something, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it. He said there was no lack of things for them to talk about. when there is not enough of something, or none of it = shortage lack of
lack: Exclamation of regret or surprise
lack: Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food
lack: Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense
lack: If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it does not exist at all. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job The charges were dropped for lack of evidence There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses
lack: To blame; to find fault with
lack: 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: To be without or destitute of; to want; to need
lack: {f} be short of; be without, be missing; need, want
lack: deprivation