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noun

1. The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage¹. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. The condition of lacking a needed or usual amount: absence, dearth, want. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

verb

To be without what is needed, required, or essential: need, require, want. See owned/unowned.

n

Definition: deficiency, need
Antonyms: abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, sufficiency, surplus

v

Definition: do not have
Antonyms: have, own

IN BRIEF: To be missing.

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle. — Ken Hakuta

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mangel
v. tr. - mangle, savne
v. intr. - mangle, savne

idioms:

• for lack of    af mangel på
• no lack of    ingen mangel på

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebrek, gemis, tekort, ontbering, behoefte, gebrek hebben aan, missen, ontbreken aan, ontberen

Français (French)
n. - manque
v. tr. - manquer de
v. intr. - manquer, manquer de

idioms:

• for lack of    par manque de
• no lack of    ne manque pas de

Deutsch (German)
v. - fehlen an
n. - Mangel

idioms:

• for lack of    aus Mangel an etwas
• no lack of    kein Mangel an

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - στερούμαι, μου λείπει
n. - έλλειψη, στέρηση, απουσία

idioms:

• for lack of    λόγω έλλειψης, από έλλειψη
• no lack of    αφθονία, υπερεπάρκεια

Italiano (Italian)
mancare di, mancanza

idioms:

• for lack of    per mancanza di
• no lack of    non mancare di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - faltar
n. - falta (f)

idioms:

• for lack of    por falta (f) de
• no lack of    nenhuma falta (f) de

Русский (Russian)
недоставать, нуждаться, испытывать недостаток, нехватка, отсутствие

idioms:

• for lack of    за отсутствием чего-л.
• no lack of    достаточное количество чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - falta, carencia, escasez, necesidad
v. tr. - no tener, necesitar, carecer
v. intr. - carecer de, faltar, faltarle

idioms:

• for lack of    por falta de
• no lack of    no falta, hay bastante

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sakna, lida brist på
n. - brist, fattigdom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欠缺, 没有, 不足, 缺少的东西, 缺乏, 短少, 缺少

idioms:

• for lack of    因缺乏
• no lack of    不缺乏, 不乏其人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 欠缺, 沒有, 不足, 缺少的東西
v. tr. - 缺乏, 不足, 短少
v. intr. - 缺少, 沒有, 不足

idioms:

• for lack of    因缺乏
• no lack of    不缺乏, 不乏其人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부족, 결핍된 것
v. tr. - 결핍되다, 모자라다
v. intr. - 없다 , 모자라다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 欠乏, 不足, ないこと, 欠乏しているもの, ないもの
v. - 欠いている, 不自由する, 欠けている, 足りない, 乏しい

idioms:

• for lack of    不足のために
• lack of funds    資金不足
• no lack of    十分な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعوز (الاسم) العوز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחסור, חוסר, העדר‬
v. tr. - ‮היה משולל, היה נטול-‬
v. intr. - ‮היה משולל, היה נטול-‬

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