Meaning & use
lack of
The state of not having enough of something, or not having any of it at all.
See it in a sentence
The project was delayed due to a lack of funding from investors.
Her lack of experience made the interviewers hesitant to hire her.
A note on using this word
Followed directly by a noun; unlike 'few' or 'little,' it works with both countable and uncountable nouns.
Words with a similar meaning
absence ofshortage of
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Words with an opposite meaning
abundance of
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