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   lack

   /lak/

   noun

   • 1. the state of being without or not having enough of something: "there is no lack of entertainment aboard ship"

   verb

   • 1. be without or deficient in: "the novel lacks imagination"

   Word Origin Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency’, Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

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