lack

noun & verb36 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.1

A total and absolute absence of something.

Means a complete or 100% absence of something.

Indicates a significant and worrying absence of something important.

Emphasizes an extreme and critical absence of something necessary.

A widespread lack that affects most people or things in a group.

A lack that is plain to see and undeniable.

A lack that is true when considering the whole situation.

A lack that seems to exist, based on observation.

A clear and definite absence of something.

An emphatic way to say a complete lack.

An absence of something that is easy to perceive.

Used to describe a very deep and serious absence of something.

Used to emphasize the size or totality of the lack.

A lack of something when compared to something else or to a previous time.

A lack that is significant and worth mentioning.

A lack that is believed to exist, although it may not be real.

An absence of something that is surprising and unusual.

An absence of something that appears to be the case on the surface.

A lack that is very easy to see or notice.

To have absolutely none of a particular quality or thing.

To be wholly without a particular quality or thing.

To emphasize that the absence of something is genuine and significant.

To obviously be without a necessary quality or item.

To be without something in a way that is easy for anyone to see.

Used to state a straightforward and uncomplicated reason for a failure: the absence of something.

To seem to be without something, based on available evidence.

To be without a quality that is being provided or compensated for by something else.

Used to say that there is a large amount or supply of something.

The most general and common phrase to state the absence of something.

Used to give the reason why something is not happening or not being done.

Indicates that suffering or a negative state is caused by the absence of something.

Explains that a failure or loss occurred because something was missing.

Indicates that the absence of something is the cause of a negative result.

To look or sound as if you do not have something.

To give the impression of being without something.

Used to specify the area or quality where something is absent.