Missing or not having enough of (a good quality, etc).

The absence of something; a lack.

present participle of lack

plural of lacking

Obsolete spelling of lack

Obsolete spelling of lack

A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. / (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.

(transitive) To be without, to need, to require. / (intransitive) To be short (of or for something). / (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.

Archaic form of lakh.

simple past tense and past participle of lack