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lack
/lak/
noun
A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
verb
To be without, to need, to require.
"My life lacks excitement."
To be short (of or for something).
"He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money."
To be in want.
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