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/læk/- a situation in which you do not have any, or enough, of something that you need or wantlack of:
The match was cancelled because of lack of support.
Most of his problems stem from a lack of confidence.
for lack of something:The court case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
We couldn’t find her passport, but it wasn’t for lack of trying (=we tried hard to find it).
Collocations: lack
▪ apparent, complete, distinct, general, marked, serious, sheer, total
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no lack of something
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