lack
Not enough there
Lack is the state of not having something, or not having enough of it: a lack of sleep, a lack of evidence.
As a verb, to lack something is to be without it: He lacks confidence, They lack the resources to compete.
What's lacking is what's missing or insufficient.
Unlike need or want, lack doesn't imply desire—just absence.
Not present, whereabouts unknown
nonexistence · unavailability · want · without · devoid · bereft · deprivation · deficiency
Deficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
undersupply · paucity · dearth · scarcity · malnutrition · anemia · vitamin deficiency · iron deficiency
Without legal effect
nothingness · vacuity · emptiness · desolation · bareness · sparseness · hollowness · vacancy
Shortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- limitationBound on extent
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
flaw · failing · incompleteness · imperfection · ineffectiveness · incompetence · ineptitude · shortfall
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- privationLack of necessities
want · need · hardship · deprivation · pennilessness · homelessness · beggary · pauperism
missing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
omission · nonexistence · unavailability · want · without · devoid · bereft · deprivation · deficiency · shortage
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
- deficitAmount still owed
shortfall · undersupply · paucity · dearth · scarcity · malnutrition · anemia · vitamin deficiency · iron deficiency · calcium deficiency
void
Without legal effect
blankness · nothingness · vacuity · emptiness · desolation · bareness · sparseness · hollowness · vacancy · blank
insufficiency
Shortfall in amount needed
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- limitationBound on extent
defect · flaw · failing · incompleteness · imperfection · ineffectiveness · incompetence · ineptitude · shortfall · gap
destitution
Extreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
- penuryExtreme lack of money
privation · want · need · hardship · deprivation · pennilessness · homelessness · beggary · pauperism · subsistence
wanting
Absent or insufficient
need · wish · hunger · thirst · appetite · pining · hankering · aching · desiring · needing
- deprivationdeprivation, need, want, shortage, deficiency
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, unemployment, tough times
- scarcityscarcity, scarce, shortage, scant, scanty
- Troublesproblem, trouble, issue, setback, snag
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- lack of sleepInadequate rest
- lack of faith
- for lack ofDue to deficiency of
- lack of trustAbsence of confidence
- lack of backbone
- lack of exerciseInsufficient physical activity
lacking, slack, slacken, lackey, lacks, slacker, lackluster, lacked, slackening