If you say that someone or something lacks a particular quality or that a particular quality is lacking in them, you mean that they do not have any or enough of it. It lacked the power of the Italian cars. [VERB noun] He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman. [VERB noun] More @Wikipedia
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