lacuna

noun

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la·cu·na | \ lə-ˈkü-nə

, -ˈkyü- \

plural lacunae\ lə-ˈkyü-(ˌ)nē

, -ˈkü-ˌnī \ also lacunas\ lə-ˈkü-nəz

, -ˈkyü- \

Definition of lacuna

1 : a blank space or a missing part : gap the evident lacunae in his story— Shirley Hazzard also : deficiency sense 1 despite all these lacunae, those reforms were a vast improvement — New Republic

2 : a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure

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Other Words from lacuna

lacunar \ lə-ˈkü-nər

, -ˈkyü- \ or less commonly lacunate \ lə-ˈkü-nət

, -ˈkyü- , -ˌnāt ; ˈla-kyə-ˌnāt \ adjective

Examples of lacuna in a Sentence

She found a lacuna in the historical record. attributes many of the nation's problems to a lacuna of leadership at the top

Recent Examples on the Web This lacuna should be filled by two recent books - Charles Townsend’s ‘The Partition’ and Ivan Gibbons ‘Partition’. — Mike O'sullivan, Forbes, "What’s Behind The Violence In Northern Ireland?," 11 Apr. 2021 The lacuna is a reminder: Despite the emerging consensus that the GOP is a working-class party, there is little agreement on what such a party should stand for. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, "The Working-Class GOP: A Muddled Concept," 3 Apr. 2021 The discovery of that lacuna yielded the discoveries of more gaps, as Mrs. Holladay gradually realized the near-total absence of women from art museums and art history books. — Washington Post, "Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, champion of women in the arts, dies at 98," 9 Mar. 2021 But the survey had a gaping lacuna: it was conducted by phone only in English or Spanish. — Amy Yee, Scientific American, "It's a Myth That Asian-Americans Are Doing Well in the Pandemic," 2 Mar. 2021 It’s a surprising lacuna in the work of a scholar who seems to have mined every newspaper report, memoir, living resident, and private archive of anyone who ever stayed at the hotel. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, "When the Barbizon Gave Women Rooms of Their Own," 1 Mar. 2021 No one has undertaken a chronicle from Alaric’s point of view, a lacuna that makes this book worthwhile—and hard to pull off. — The Economist, "Goths v Romans A brilliant Goth’s-eye view of the sack of Rome," 20 June 2020 Learning softer skills and managerial skills will help fill the lacuna. — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, "Even in lockdown, Indian professionals are trying to get a leg up at work," 5 May 2020 That legal lacuna has prompted questions during prior episodes where prime ministers fell ill or underwent surgery, and now looms large at a time when Britain faces its greatest crisis since World War II. — BostonGlobe.com, "With Johnson ailing, UK faces a leadership quandary," 8 Apr. 2020

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