lacked

Verb

lack (third-person singular simple present lacks, present participle lacking, simple past and past participle lacked)

1. (stative, transitive) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
   • My life lacks excitement.
2. (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
   • He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in want.
   • The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 34:10
4. (obsolete) To see the deficiency in (someone or something); to find fault with, to malign, reproach.
   • That is Mede þe Mayde quod she · hath noyed me ful oft / And ylakked my lemman.c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC
5. (African-American Vernacular) To be off one's guard.
   • His opps caught him lacking.

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