Antonyms for lack


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lak
Phonetic Transcription : læk


Definition of lack

Origin :
  • c.1300, "absence, want; shortage, deficiency," perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *lac, or else borrowed from Middle Dutch lak "deficiency, fault;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *laka- (cf. Old Frisian lek "disadvantage, damage," Old Norse lakr "lacking"), from PIE *leg- "to dribble, trickle." Middle English also had lackless "without blame or fault."
  • noun deficiency, need
  • verb do not have
Example sentences :
  • We cannot afford to do everything, nor can we afford to lack boldness as we meet the future.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • I am willing to believe that the lack of understanding was my own fault, but a lack of understanding there was.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The things we lack are more vivid to us, as a rule, than those we have acquired.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • There are consciousnesses of lack which carry more bliss than any possession.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • In the selfishness of his misery he looked upon this as lack of sympathy with himself.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • We do not know what he means by this; it seems to us to lack scientific precision.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • I should never have thought you capable of showing such a lack of principle.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But Gilder was unaffected by the attorney's lack of satisfaction over the result.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • With his lack of imagination, he could not interpret what this time must mean to the girl before him.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • If he ever suspected any lack of finer fiber in Max, he put the thought away.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for lack

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