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Noun
▲
The state of being deficient in something
deficiency
shortage
dearth
scarcity
shortfall
deficit
insufficiency
scarceness
paucity
meagreness
scantiness
shortness
sparseness
undersupply
inadequacy
insufficience
scantness
skimpiness
sparsity
want
decline
decrease
deprivation
exiguity
leanness
meagerness
tightness
absenteeism
curtailment
debilitation
exiguousness
inaccessibility
infrequency
loss
needfulness
rareness
rarity
reduction
slim pickings
stringency
uncommonness
abridgementUK
abridgmentUS
crunch
drouth
inadequateness
pinch
shrinkage
shrinking
slightness
retrenchment
more ❯
“We need to go to the supermarket again as there is a lack of food left in the refrigerator.”
Noun
▲
The state of being devoid of something
absence
barrenness
depletion
vacancy
void
emptiness
omission
unavailability
vacuum
exhaustion
nonappearance
nonexistence
non-existence
vacuity
default
dispossession
space
blank
blankness
nullity
nothingness
oblivion
voidness
empty space
black hole
deficiency
vacantness
bareness
starkness
desertedness
more ❯
“There was an absolute lack of trees or greenery in the concrete park.”
Noun
▲
An urgent need for something
need
requirement
urgency
demand
exigency
necessity
inferiority
“This hospital has a lack of the necessary equipment required to adequately treat its patients.”
Noun
▲
A state of poverty
poverty
famine
impoverishment
destituteness
destitution
privation
deprivation
drought
indigence
penury
underdevelopment
want
need
neediness
pauperism
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
hardship
beggary
scarcity
deficiency
pennilessness
penuriousness
poorness
insufficiency
paucity
distress
shortage
inadequacy
necessity
more ❯
“The lack in the city and its surrounding communities was apparent.”
Noun
▲
A defect or failing
failing
defect
flaw
deficiency
failure
frailty
fault
foible
lapse
shortcoming
weakness
imperfection
infirmity
weak point
drawback
weak spot
inadequacy
vice
limitation
blemish
want
sin
snag
fallibility
disadvantage
dereliction
pitfall
demerit
Achilles heel
chink in your armour
more ❯
“My lack of sound judgment would lead me to make some very unwise decisions.”
Noun
▲
The condition of being incompetent
incompetency
incapacity
inability
incompetence
inadequacy
powerlessness
incapability
impotence
ineptitude
insufficiency
ineffectiveness
unfitness
inefficiency
ineptness
weakness
inefficacy
frailty
ineffectualness
disqualification
incapacitation
inaptitude
failure
inutility
necessity
shortcoming
uselessness
hopelessness
helplessness
ineffectuality
limitation
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that is wished for, or considered desirable
desideratum
hope
need
want
dream
essential
wish
ideal
objective
prerequisite
requirement
aim
goal
necessary
requisite
aspiration
desired thing
indispensable thing
missing thing
needed thing
sine qua non
heart's desire
desire
ambition
end
design
target
plan
purpose
intention
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of not existing
nonexistence
absence
imaginariness
nothingness
unreality
nihility
nothing
pettiness
smallness
unimportance
worthlessness
nonentity
inherence
inexistence
Noun
▲
The absence or opposite of something actual or positive
negation
contradiction
contrary
opposite
reverse
antithesis
denial
inverse
rejection
converse
disavowal
repudiation
absence
denegation
disallowance
disclaimer
disconfirmation
refusal
renunciation
antonym
deficiency
opposition
veto
want
blank
counterpart
gainsaying
negatory
neutralisationUK
neutralizationUS
no
nonexistence
proscription
reversal
forget it
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act or incidence of defecting
defection
desertion
rebellion
apostasy
revolt
abandonment
absconding
backsliding
betrayal
decamping
dereliction
disloyalty
flight
mutiny
perfidy
recantation
recreancy
secession
tergiversation
treason
alienation
deficiency
disaffection
disownment
divorce
estrangement
failing
failure
faithlessness
forsaking
parting
rejection
repudiation
retreat
separation
severance
sundering
withdrawal
changing allegiances
changing sides
more ❯
Noun
▲
Severe suffering, difficulty or privation
hardship
suffering
adversity
difficulty
trouble
austerity
misery
misfortune
affliction
calamity
destitution
privation
tribulation
burden
grievance
oppression
persecution
torment
want
deprivation
discomfort
need
neediness
penury
trial
beggary
hassle
impecuniosity
impecuniousness
pain
asperity
disaster
distress
hardness
hazard
poverty
rigourUK
rigorUS
ruin
ruination
trials
wretchedness
accident
catastrophe
curse
danger
drudgery
grief
injury
laborUS
labourUK
mischance
peril
sorrow
toil
travail
travails
vicissitude
worry
fatigue
dire straits
hard knocks
trials and tribulations
rotten luck
tough break
tough luck
uphill battle
financial distress
rainy day
Herculean task
humble beginnings
more ❯
Noun
▲
Inferior or mediocre in quality
inferiority
mediocrity
deficiency
shoddiness
imperfection
cheapness
inadequacy
insignificance
meanness
poorness
second-rateness
substandardness
unfitness
unsatisfactoriness
badness
faultiness
grottiness
indifference
unimportance
worthlessness
inability
weakness
poor quality
tawdriness
ordinariness
paltriness
feebleness
commonplaceness
passableness
crappiness
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be without or deficient in something
be without
be lacking
be deficient in
be short of
be bereft of
be deprived of
be devoid of
be low on
be pressed for
fall short of
be clean out of
be fresh out of
be strapped for
miss
be inadequate of
go without
have insufficient
not have
not have enough of
do not have
need
be wanting
have too little
be lacking in
have barely enough
want
have an insufficiency of
stand in need of
be in need of
require
be deprived
want for
“I lack the height or athleticism to become a professional basketball player.”
Verb
▲
To have a need for something
need
require
crave
desire
want
long for
pine for
wish for
yearn for
be in need of
be wanting
cry out for
feel the want of
have need of
stand in need of
want for
miss
hunger for
be without
be short of
be crying out for
grieve for
feel the loss of
regret the loss of
longingly remember
ache for
feel nostalgic for
regret the absence of
long to see
wish
more ❯
“I lack funds for purchasing a new pair of shoes.”
Verb
▲
To require or be necessary for a given situation or task
call for
require
necessitate
demand
need
involve
entail
warrant
exact
justify
occasion
be in need of
cry out for
make necessary
be grounds for
be a justification for
be a reason for
cry out
ask for
take
want
mean
claim
expect
oblige
command
impose
challenge
bear
encompass
stipulate
postulate
include
ask
imply
depend on
compel
crave
concern
comprise
result in
be dependent on
calculate on
call on
insist on
lean on
give rise to
rely on
incorporate
cover
implicate
engage
decree
last
consist of
look for
be after
beg for
press
enjoin
cry for
call out for
clamor for
suppose
presuppose
have as a precondition
have as a necessary condition
continue for
go on for
endure for
carry on for
have need for
stand in need of
keep going for
run on for
keep on for
use up
have to have
have occasion for
be crying out for
be deficient of
be desperate for
be deprived of
be in want of
have need of
have occasion to
constrain
force
impel
coerce
drive
cause
dictate
make
behooveUS
behoveUK
leave no choice but to
Verb
▲
To deny or be denied (of something)
go without
abstain from
refrain from
abstain
cut out
deny oneself
forgo
give up
go hungry
lack for something
need
suffer deprivation
swear off
want
be deprived
be in need
be in want
be without
do without
fall short
go short
not have
be deprived of
abandon
drop
kick
sit out
withhold from
pass up
pass on
leave out
say goodbye to
yield
relinquish
give something a miss
part with
sacrifice
keep from
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