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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
nothingness
space
blank
blankness
nullity
nihility
oblivion
voidness
empty space
black hole
deficiency
nothing
vacantness
bareness
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
deficiency
scarcity
pennilessness
penuriousness
insufficiency
paucity
poorness
distress
inadequacy
shortage
insolvency
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
inability
incapacity
incompetence
inadequacy
incapability
ineffectiveness
powerlessness
ineptitude
impotence
ineptness
inefficiency
unfitness
insufficiency
inefficacy
ineffectualness
incapacitation
weakness
inutility
frailty
inaptitude
failure
disqualification
shortcoming
necessity
uselessness
hopelessness
helplessness
ineffectuality
limitation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The absence or opposite of something actual or positive
negation
denial
repudiation
rejection
contradiction
disclaimer
disavowal
disallowance
disconfirmation
denegation
refusal
veto
gainsaying
renunciation
no
antithesis
opposite
contrary
absence
deficiency
opposition
blank
inverse
negatory
nonexistence
reversal
reverse
refutation
rebuttal
dismissal
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act or incidence of defecting
defection
desertion
betrayal
disloyalty
perfidy
faithlessness
apostasy
dereliction
backsliding
absconding
decamping
abandonment
recantation
flight
disaffection
recreancy
estrangement
rebellion
treason
tergiversation
withdrawal
retreat
forsaking
revolt
secession
alienation
disownment
rejection
repudiation
divorce
deficiency
failing
failure
parting
separation
severance
sundering
changing allegiances
changing sides
more ❯
Noun
▲
Lack of staff or workers
manpower shortage
shortage
understaffing
staff shortage
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
trough
dire straits
hard knocks
trials and tribulations
rotten luck
tough break
tough luck
uphill battle
financial distress
rainy day
Herculean task
humble beginnings
bad patch
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being inferior or mediocre in quality
inferiority
mediocrity
deficiency
inadequacy
shoddiness
weakness
cheapness
poorness
imperfection
worthlessness
insignificance
meanness
substandardness
unfitness
unsatisfactoriness
badness
faultiness
grottiness
indifference
unimportance
inadequateness
second-rateness
poor quality
tawdriness
paltriness
feebleness
crappiness
poor standard
atrociousness
tackiness
Noun
▲
Deficiency in quantity or quality
short of
lacking
wanting
insufficiency
scarcity
minus
missing
deficient in
short on
wanting in
with an insufficiency of
with too few …
with too little …
lacking in
low on
in need of
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
want
require
be deprived
have an insufficiency of
stand in need of
be lacking in
be in need of
be wanting
have barely enough
have too little
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 ask for or be in (desperate) need of something
cry out
need
require
demand
ask for
call for
be in need of
call out for
necessitate
involve
entail
warrant
exact
justify
occasion
be a reason for
be grounds for
cry out for
make necessary
be a justification for
take
want
mean
claim
oblige
command
impose
challenge
bear
encompass
stipulate
expect
postulate
include
ask
imply
compel
crave
concern
comprise
result in
insist on
give rise to
incorporate
cover
implicate
engage
decree
last
consist of
look for
be after
beg for
press
enjoin
cry for
depend on
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
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