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Moderatelack
The correct spelling is lack.
How to pronounce lack
/lak/
nounIPA: /lak/
Say it like: Lak
The correct spelling is lack. A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy. For example: "My life lacks excitement."
Usage Examples
“My life lacks excitement.”
“He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- 2.A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
verb
- 1.To be without, to need, to require.
- 2.To be short (of or for something).
- 3.To be in want.
- 4.To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
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