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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

: to be deficient or missing
: to be short or have need of something
: to stand in need of : suffer from the absence or deficiency of

: the fact or state of being wanting or deficient
: something that is lacking or is needed

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thereof play

: of that or it
: from that cause or particular : therefrom

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