3. Lack,want,need,require as verbs all stress the absence of something desirable, important, or necessary. Lack means to be without or to have less than a desirable quantity of something: to lack courage, sufficient money, enough members to make a quorum.Want may imply some urgency in fulfilling a requirement or a desire: Willing workers are badly wanted. The room wants some final touch to make it homey.Need often suggests even more urgency than does want stressing the necessity of supplying what is lacking: to need an operation, better food, a match to light the fire.Require, which expresses necessity as strongly as need, occurs most frequently in serious or formal contexts: Your presence at the hearing is required. Successful experimentation requires careful attention to detail.
There is also a lack of consumer applications that take advantage of the new technology so far.
Verizon plans to offer indoor 5G networks by year-end|Aaron Pressman|September 16, 2020|Fortune
As if the business-worthiness of Jenn’s idea had already been foreclosed by the potential investors’ lack of familiarity with the underlying product.
‘How I Built This’ host Guy Raz on insights from some of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs|Rachel King|September 15, 2020|Fortune
His lack of a reliable jumper from beyond midrange allows defenses to back away from him, daring him to shoot.
Everything Should Be On The Table For The Houston Rockets. Even James Harden’s Future.|Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com)|September 14, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Alongside racial justice issues, Disposti said his top concerns are the department’s response to social services and mental health issues and lack of diversity of the police department’s staff.
Oceanside Is Rethinking Its Police Chief Hiring Process Following Community Concerns|Kayla Jimenez|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Despite the risks, there’s a clear lack of regional diversity in many AI advisory boards, expert panels, and councils appointed by leading international organizations.
AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes|Amy Nordrum|September 14, 2020|MIT Technology Review
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture|Amy Zimmerman|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, West Africa lacks many of the things required to make this happen.
Blood Is Ebola’s Weapon and Weakness|Abby Haglage|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”
Carol Shields’s Tale Of Secondhand Life|Nathaniel Rich|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The current Court, though, is full not of pols but of judges; only Elena Kagan lacks prior experience as a federal judge.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Levels With Us on Why She’s Not Retiring|Jeff Greenfield|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every line and every shot announces itself with the urgency that Two Faces of January lacks.
David Vs. Goliath in the Age of Video on Demand|Teo Bugbee|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under these conditions, the nave is naturally confined, and lacks a certain grandeur both as to width and height.
The Cathedrals of Northern France|Francis Miltoun
It lacks all that makes the skirts of Alps and Apennines sublime.
New Italian sketches|John Addington Symonds
The expenses of the Shrad have been variously estimated at between ten and twelve lacks of Rupees.
The Hindoos as they Are|Shib Chunder Bose
Oleomargarine has a distinctive meaty smell, like that of cooked meat, and lacks the characteristic odor of pure butter.
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)|Various
He is supported on crutches, but lacks so much support of muscle.
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for lack
lack
/ (læk) /
noun
an insufficiency, shortage, or absence of something required or desired
something that is required but is absent or in short supply
verb
(when intr, often foll by in or for) to be deficient (in) or have need (of)to lack purpose