Lack and Wish

Lack

Lack verb - Be without.

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Wish and lack are semantically related in feeling topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead the word "Lack" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: lacking, lacked

Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.

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Lack and wish are semantically related in feeling topic. Sometimes you can use "Lack" instead the word "Wish" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

similar	similar lack	similar wish
current	current lack	current wish
initial	initial lack	initial wish
true	true lack	true wish
Other adjectives: genuine, simple, small, strong, actual, real, bad, personal, new, apparent, limited, previous.

But "want" originally meant "lack" or "need"; the modern meaning of "desire" or "to wish for" didn't arise until the 19th century.

Source: Have A Gay Old Time / Literature
They are in fact nameless, lack personality, and you can even use them for cover, if you so wish.

Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online
At one point in the film, the musicians lament the lack of a clarinet player among them and wish that Benny Goodman could be there with them.

Source: Identical Stranger

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