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Noun: lack  lak
  1. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem";
    - deficiency, want
Verb: lack  lak
  1. Be without
    "This soup lacks salt";
    - miss
     
  2. To be insufficiently prepared

Sounds like: Kwa, lack

Derived forms: lacks, lacking, lacked

Type of: demand, need

Antonym: have

Encyclopedia: Lack, David

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