lacuna

noun

lə-ˈkü-nə How to pronounce lacuna (audio)
Definition of lacunanext
1
as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number attributes many of the nation's problems to a lacuna of leadership at the top

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2
as in gap
an incomplete or deficient area a lacuna in its collection of Impressionists that the museum is trying to fill

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Recent Examples of lacuna At the heart of every biography, though, lies a lacuna—something unknowable, no matter how candid or heavily documented the subject, no matter how familiar or diligent the biographer. — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 The experience attempts to recall lacunas or lost memories, yet in trying to remember, temporalities and subjectivities become muddled and new thoughts, ideas, and images form in the viewer’s mind. — Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024 The country is still waiting for its first win in the international category, a lacuna that adds even more pressure to the annual selection process. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024 Among the problems that arise from this lacuna of information is that even the administration was unable to examine the plaintiffs’ purported issues with the program. — Ryann Liebenthal, The New Republic, 9 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for lacuna
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacuna
  1. shortage
  2. gap
  3. lack
  4. void
  5. deficiency
  6. hole
Noun
  • The divergence is over whether the worker shortage is improving slowly or still getting worse, and what the Supreme Court should do about it.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Lights had been switched off to conserve electricity amid fuel shortages that have gripped Cuba since the beginning of the year.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of shortage
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  • That gap means people who don’t have consistent access to healthy food also aren’t getting help.
    — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
  • The report also estimates that of the 75 million global garment and textile workers, 75 percent of that workforce are women facing a 41 percent wage gap versus the adequate standard of living, as of 2025.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
Definition of gap
Noun
  • One Calabria hospital had lines several hours long Despite growing tourism and a strong farming economy, Calabria symbolizes southern Italy’s lack of development compared to the more wealthy and industrialized north.
    — Paolo Santalucia, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Josh Houston, who also filed complaints with state and federal agencies, said his biggest concern has been the lack of communication surrounding the project affecting the subdivision’s only access road.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026
Definition of lack
Noun
  • One minute you could be booked and busy, the next, a major client leaves, and you’re left scrambling to bring in new leads to fill the void.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • On June 30, Williams and Meir ventured into the void to replace a wrist joint on the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm that had been malfunctioning.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of void
Noun
  • Notably, Messi had a growth deficiency as a child, for which he was treated.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Schrier and Alsobrooks wrote in their letter that historically there wasn’t a need for robust monitoring systems to track cases of vitamin K deficiency bleeding.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 July 2026
Definition of deficiency
Noun
  • Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
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