lack
/læk/ noun A2- A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth. · It is a question of money, or lack of same.
Plural lacks
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“Because Mercédès is a very fine girl, and fine girls never lack followers; she particularly has them by dozens.”
are good; but they lack both claws and teeth such as we have.”
Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains.”
The Mice thought that the cause of their frequent defeats was that they had no leaders set apart from the general army to command them, and that they were exposed to dangers from lack of discipline.
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