n14449405
type | n |
lex_filenum | 26 |
def | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
examples | there is a serious lack of insight into the problem water is the critical deficiency in desert regions for want of a nail the shoe was lost |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | need, demand |
Derivationally related form | want → want; want → want |
Derivationally related form | deficiency → deficient |
Derivationally related form | lack → lack |
Hyponym | absence; dearth, famine, shortage; deficit; mineral deficiency; shortness; stringency, tightness |
Incoming links | |
Derivationally related form | deficient → deficiency |
Hypernym | absence; dearth, famine, shortage; deficit; mineral deficiency; shortness; stringency, tightness |
Hyponym | need, demand |
Derivationally related form | want → want; want → want |
Derivationally related form | lack → lack |
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