lack की परिभाषा

शब्द आवृत्ति

lack

(læk )

शब्द प्रारूप:3rd person singular present tense lacks , present participle lacking , past tense, past participle lacked

1. अगणनीय संज्ञा [oft a NOUN]

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. [+ of]

The charges were dropped for lack of evidence. [+ of]

He tricked his way into a job as a hospital doctor and killed a patient through lack of care.

There is a lack of people wanting to start up new businesses. [+ of]

समानार्थी शब्द:shortage, want, absence, deficiency lack के अधिक समानार्थी

2. क्रिया

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.

It lacked the power of the Italian cars. [VERB noun]

He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman. [VERB noun]

Certain vital information is lacking in the report. [VERB]

समानार्थी शब्द:miss, want, need, require lack के अधिक समानार्थी

3. See also lacking

no lack of something

शब्द आवृत्ति

lack in American

(læk ; lak)

संज्ञा

the fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency

the fact or condition of not having any; complete absence

the thing that is lacking or needed

अकर्मक क्रिया

to be wanting or missing; show a deficiency

to be short

with in, for, or, now rarely, of

to be in need

सकर्मक क्रिया

to be deficient in or entirely without

to fall short by

lacking one ounce of being a pound

8. Obsolete

to need; require

SYNONYMY NOTE: lack implies an absence or insufficiency of something essential or desired [she lacks experience]; want (in this sense, chiefly British) and , need stress the urgency of supplying what is lacking [this matter needs, or wants, immediate attention]; require emphasizes even more strongly imperative need, connoting that what is needed is indispensable [his work requires great powers of concentration]

OPPOSITES: have, possess

lack के शब्द मूल

early ME lac < or akin to MLowG & MDu lak, lack: for IE base see leak

शब्द आवृत्ति

lack in British

(læk )

संज्ञा

an insufficiency, shortage, or absence of something required or desired

something that is required but is absent or in short supply

क्रिया

3. (when intr, often foll by in or for)

to be deficient (in) or have need (of)

to lack purpose

lack के शब्द मूल

C12: related to Middle Dutch laken to be wanting

lack युक्त उदाहरण वाक्य

ये उदाहरण स्वचालित रूप से चुने गए हैं और इसमें संवेदनशील सामग्री हो सकती है अधिक पढ़ें…

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