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ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of lack

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  lack
      n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or
           unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the
           problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert
           regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn:
           {lack}, {deficiency}, {want}]
      v 1: be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something
           missing in my jewelry box!" [syn: {miss}, {lack}] [ant:
           {feature}, {have}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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