Definition of Lack
Lack

Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

To blame; to find fault with.

To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

To be in want.

Exclamation of regret or surprise.

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Lack Quotations

Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
Wayne Dyer

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
Albert Einstein

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.
Barack Obama

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Napoleon Hill

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.
Muhammad Ali

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Vince Lombardi

The lack of money is the root of all evil.
Mark Twain

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.
John F. Kennedy

Lack Translations

lack in Danish is mangel
lack in Dutch is missen, ontberen, derven
lack in French is manque
lack in German is fehlen, ermangeln
lack in Italian is mancare, strettezza, difetto
lack in Latin is careo, egeo, penuria
lack in Norwegian is mangel, mangle
lack in Portuguese is falta
lack in Spanish is carencia, carecer, falta