lack

Onun tecrübe eksikliğini kabul etmeme rağmen, hâlâ daha iyi yapması gerektiğini düşünüyorum. - Admitting his lack of experience, I still think that he ought to do better.

openness, lack of restraint

kısıtlanmış açıklık eksikliği

showing lack of tact

inceliğini eksikliği gösteren

unable to move due to lack of wind

rüzgar yetersizliği nedeniyle hareket edemiyoruz

uselessness, a lack of utility

faydasızlık, Yeni bir eksikliği

{s} siz

English - English

Definition of lack in English English dictionary: A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy; To be without, to need, to require
My life lacks excitement.; A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want; To be short (of or for something)
He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.; {v} to want, to be in want; {n} want, need lack of rupees is one hundred thousand, the rupee at 55 cents; To be in want; {i} need, want; shortage; absence; be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"; To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc; If you say that someone or something lacks a particular quality or that a particular quality is lacking in them, you mean that they do not have any or enough of it. He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman Certain vital information is lacking in the report. see also lacking; emphasis If you say there is no lack of something, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it. He said there was no lack of things for them to talk about. when there is not enough of something, or none of it = shortage lack of; Exclamation of regret or surprise; Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food; Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense; If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it does not exist at all. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job The charges were dropped for lack of evidence There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses; To blame; to find fault with; 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"; To be without or destitute of; to want; to need; {f} be short of; be without, be missing; need, want; deprivation
lack expression: lack articulation, not have expression
lack for nothing: have everything one needs, not lack anything
lack of competence: incompetence, lack of ability; absence of legal qualification
lack of concern: disinterest, indifference
lack of control: lack of discipline, uncontrolled state
lack of cooperation: absence of cooperation, lack of a desire to work together
lack of coordination: absence of coordination, inability to coordinate
lack of deeds: lack of action
lack of envy: lack of jealousy
lack of faith: disbelief, absence of faith
lack of fluids: dehydration, absence of fluids
lack of funding: absence of funding, lack of financial backing
lack of knowledge: ignorance, absence of knowledge
lack of money: shortage of funds
lack of motherly love: absence of a mother's love during the stage when a child needs it most
lack of quorum: situation in which the minimum number of participants are not present
lack of rain: drought, absence of rain, lack of liquid precipitation
lack of skill: absence of skill, absence of facility
lacking: present participle of lack
lacking: If something or someone is lacking in a particular quality, they do not have any of it or enough of it. She felt nervous, increasingly lacking in confidence about herself Why was military intelligence so lacking? see also lack
lacking: {s} missing, absent, without
lacking: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"
lacking: {e} without, needing, wanting, deficient in
lacking: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
lacks: third-person singular of lack
lacks: plural of lack

lack

Turkish pronunciation

läk

Synonyms

abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, exiguity, inadequacy

Antonyms

glut, surplus, abundance, enough, excess, extra, lot, plenty, plethora, profusion, have

Pronunciation

/ˈlak/ /ˈlæk/

Etymology

[ lak ] () 13th century. Apparently cognate with Middle Low German lak, Middle Dutch lac ( > modern lak (“calumny”)).

Tenses

lacks, lacking, lacked

Common Collocations

lack of, lack of motivation, lack of time, lack in, lack of necessity

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