{
    "term": "lack",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the state of not having something or not having enough of something",
            "sensetop": "lack of somethingbecause of a lack of somethingdue to (a) lack of somethingthrough lack of somethingdespite the lack of something",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **lack of understanding/knowledge**",
                    "contextForm": "lack of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers complained about the **lack of information** when flights were cancelled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her enthusiasm compensated for her apparent **lack of experience**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was suffering from a complete **lack of confidence**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was **no lack of** volunteers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project was abandoned because of a total **lack of support**.",
                    "contextForm": "because of a lack of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was released due to **lack of evidence.**",
                    "contextForm": "due to (a) lack of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trip was cancelled through **lack of interest**.",
                    "contextForm": "through lack of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The match was quite exciting, despite the lack of goals.",
                    "contextForm": "despite the lack of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Money and the fear of its lack are present in many of his poems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've lost those skills through lack of practice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He thought he would collapse from lack of sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation was worsened by lack of communication."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is certainly no lack of interest in the subject."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a distinct lack of urgency in his manner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a general lack of knowledge among the young"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an abysmal lack of knowledge"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "dearth, shortage",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["profound", "serious", "severe"],
                "preposition": ["by lack of", "for lack of", "from lack of"],
                "phrases": ["no lack of something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that although somebody has not succeeded in something, they have tried very hard",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They haven't won a game yet, but it isn't for want of trying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lost the game, but not for lack of trying."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læk/",
                "audio": "la/lack/lack__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/læk/",
                "audio": "la/lack/lack__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency’, Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame’."
}