LACK
\lˈak], \lˈak], \l_ˈa_k]\
Definitions of LACK
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
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To blame; to find fault with.
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To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
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To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
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To be in want.
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Exclamation of regret or surprise.
By Oddity Software
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Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
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To blame; to find fault with.
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To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
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To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
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To be in want.
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Exclamation of regret or surprise.
By Noah Webster.
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To be without; as, to lack common sense; to be in want of; to need; as, to lack money.
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Want; deficiency; as, a lack of self-respect.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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