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lack thereof

idiom

Definition of lack thereof

formal
—used to say that there is not enough of the thing that has been mentioned
  • The problem is money, or (a/the) lack thereof.

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lack play

  1. : to be deficient or missing

  2. : to be short or have need of something

  3. : to stand in need of : suffer from the absence or deficiency of

  1. : the fact or state of being wanting or deficient

  2. : something that is lacking or is needed

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thereof play

  1. : of that or it

  2. : from that cause or particular : therefrom

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