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lacks

/læks/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
  2. A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
  3. To be without, to need, to require.
  4. To be short (of or for something).
  5. To be in want.
  6. To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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