Dictionary entry

Be lacking

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

(idm) လိုအပ်သည်။ မရှိ။

Definition

lack /læk/ v (no passive) ခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့သည္။ ကင္းမဲ့သည္။ lack creativity/ ambition / courage ❍ Her voice lacked conviction. ❍ They lacked the capital to develop the business. ❍ What he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm. ❍ She has the determination that her brother lacks. n [U, sing] မရိွမႈ။ ခ်ဳိ႕တဲ့မႈ။ ကင္းမဲ့မႈ။ a lack of confidence/money/support ❍ The project was abandoned through (ie because of) lack of funds. ❏ be lacking [ IDM ] လိုအပ္သည္။ မရိွ။ Money for the project is still lacking. ❍ "What is lacking is a master plan," he said. ❏ be lacking in sth [ IDM ] ကင္းမဲ့သည္။ မရိွ။ be lacking in warmth/courage/strength ❍ The book was interesting but lacking in originality.

Examples

  1. [lack of] : The match was cancelled because of lack of support.
  2. Most of his problems stem from a lack of confidence.
  3. [for lack of something] : The court case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
  4. We couldn’t find her passport
  5. but it wasn’t for lack of trying (=we tried hard to find it).