missing
They've won a few matches this season but they lack consistency.
They lack basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk.他们缺乏面包和牛奶这样的基本食品。
He lacks the necessary skills for the job.他不具备做这项工作所需的技能。
The town lacks leisure facilities such as a swimming pool or squash courts.这个城镇缺少游泳池、壁球场等休闲设施。
Joshua clearly has ability in this subject but he lacks application.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lacking things
bankrupt
bankruptcy
be hard up (for something)idiom
bereft
chronic disease
hour
if it wasn't/weren't forphrase
in someone's hour of needidiom
inappeasable
lacking
minus
scrape
scream
scream (out) for somethingidiom
shortage
shy
skimpily
starve someone/something of something
starved
taken

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Scarce, inadequate and not enough

lack | American Dictionary

lack
noun[ U ]
us/læk/
a condition of not having any or enough of something, esp. something necessary or wanted:
a lack of ambition/confidence/knowledge
a lack of money
She certainly has no lack of friends (= She has a lot of friends).
lack
verb[ T ]
us/læk/
to not have any or enough of something, esp. something necessary or wanted:
What we lack in this house is space to store things.
He’s totally lacking a sense of humor.

lack | Business English

lack
noun[ S or U ]
uk /læk/us
a situation in which there is not enough of something, or something is not available:
serious/severe lack of sthMany of these communities are having to cope with a severe lack of resources.
"Lack of time" is frequently cited as the reason for poor-quality work.
lack
verb[ T ]
uk /læk/us
to not have enough of something that is necessary:
Most of the candidates had the right qualifications but lacked the necessary skills.

Examples of lack

lack
The remark would have little point if ceremony were lacking.
What the patrols lacked in quantity they did not make up in quality.
The scene as depicted lacks any pathos whatsoever; it is the site of humiliation and horror.
However, the book does have a significant weakness: it lacks friction.
Although this book offers many ideas which will generate discussion, it lacks coherence.
Now lacking the glamour of the" dissident" label their works were often seen as merely old-fashioned.
Firstly, there are signs that, within a framework of public respect for authority, his conduct as sheriff regarding ship money was generally lacking in zeal.
Classes or discussion groups on women's writing command an enthusiastic response that is often lacking in mainstream teaching.
Despite the wealth of information regarding the chemopreventive ability of aspirin, information to indicate aspirin's utility in a therapeutic modality is lacking.
The site is black and white with great photographs but lacks a "flashy" quality, which is actually quite refreshing.
What is lacking for understanding the emergence of a response through shaping is a set of rules which describe how response forms are determined.
They were also more isolated under such circumstances, lacking the strong street culture of the" lads".
The organization lacked coherent leadership and purpose and was little more than a patriotic group with a foreign-sounding name.
Unfortunately, the beginning of the nova historia is lacking in this manuscript.
The production lacked direction in terms of pace, comic timing, and characterization.
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Collocations withlack

lack

These are words often used in combination with lack.

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appalling lack
He argued that the appalling lack of sanitation and the disorder of the streets made the re-establishment of a baladiyya imperative.
apparent lack
As this paper hopes to demonstrate, however, this apparentlack of sophistication was not so much an intrinsic flaw as a deliberate choice.
chronic lack
Church leaders and missionaries often attributed their lack of success to a chronic lack of financial and human resources.
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