lack¹ /lak/

1. Want, deficiency
2. Something absent or in short supply

1. To be without
2. To be short of or deficient in
3. To need
4. To miss (obsolete)

1. (now usu in prp) to be wanting or absent
2. To be deficient
3. To be in want (obsolete)

lackˈing adjective

lackˈ-all noun (archaic)

Someone who is destitute

lackˈ-beard noun

lackˈ-brain noun (Shakespeare)

A fool

lackˈland noun and adjective

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