How to spell lack

Lack is spelled L-A-C-K.

hear itlack/læk/verbRules and real life

What it means: To be without or not have enough of something.

In a sentence: The plant will lack water if you don't give it a drink.

Same family: lacks, lacking, lacked, shortage, absence. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Lack” came into English from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German words like “lacken,” meaning ‘to be wanting or missing.’ It has been used since at least the 1200s to talk about something that is absent or not enough.

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