To need a number or amount of something, but not having enough or any at all.
To need a number or amount of something, but not having any at all.
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary).
A shortage or absence of what is needed.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "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"
be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter"
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
