Lack: alternatives and connections

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

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Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.

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General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

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Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

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The quality or state of being stringent.

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The quality or condition of being tight.

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To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as,…

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To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money fro…

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, defic…

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The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

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