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			| 1.
								the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
 
 'lack' - used as a verb
 2.
								be without
 This soup lacks salt
 
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			| 1. Lack / Plural lacks
 2. Lack / Past
 lacked
 3. Lack / Third Person
 lacks
 4. Lack / Present Participle
 lacking
 
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